Acquaintance I would have, but when it depends; not on number, but the choice of friends. — Abraham Cowley
Thus each extreme to equal danger tends, Plenty, as well as Want, can sep’rate friends. — Abraham Cowley
Life for delays and doubts no time does give, None ever yet made haste enough to live. — Abraham Cowley
Why to mute fish should’st thou thyself discoverAnd not to me, thy no less silent lover? — Abraham Cowley
Stones of small worth may lie unseen by day, But night itself does the rich gem betray. — Abraham Cowley