The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Preface

6.45 John Fletcher 1579-1625
Best while you have it use your breath,
There is no drinking after death.
‘The Bloody Brother’, or ‘Rollo Duke of Normandy’ (with Ben Jonson and others, performed c.1616) act 2,
sc. 2 ‘Song’
And he that will go to bed sober,
Falls with the leaf still in October.
‘The Bloody Brother’ act 2, sc. 2 ‘Song’
Three merry boys, and three merry boys,
And three merry boys are we,
As ever did sing in a hempen string
Under the Gallows-Tree.
‘The Bloody Brother’ act 3, sc. 2
Come, we are stark naught all, bad’s the best of us.
‘The Bloody Brother’ act 4, sc. 2
Death hath so many doors to let out life.
‘The Custom of the Country’ (with Massinger) act 2, sc. 2.
Orpheus with his lute made trees,
And the mountain tops that freeze,
Bow themselves when he did sing.
‘Henry VIII’ (with Shakespeare, performed 1613) act 3, sc. 1 ‘Song’
In sweet music is such art
Killing care and grief of heart
Fall asleep, or hearing die.
‘Henry VIII’ (with Shakespeare, performed 1613) act 3, sc. 1 ‘Song’
Our acts our angels are, or good or ill,
Our fatal shadows that walk by us still.
‘The Honest Man’s Fortune’ epilogue
Nothing’s so dainty sweet, as lovely melancholy.
‘The Nice Valour’ (with Middleton) act 3, sc. 3, song
Are you at ease now? Is your heart at rest?
Now you have got a shadow, an umbrella
To keep the scorching world’s opinion
From your fair credit.
‘Rule a Wife and Have a Wife’ (performed 1624) act 3, sc. 1
Daisies smell-less, yet most quaint,
And sweet thyme true,
Primrose first born child of Ver,
Merry Springtime’s Harbinger.
‘Two Noble Kinsmen’ (with Shakespeare) act 1, sc. 1