John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
2087 John Flether 1579-1625 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 2087 |
| AUTHOR: | John Fletcher (1579–1625) |
| QUOTATION: | Man is his own star; and that soul that can Be honest is the only perfect man. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Upon an “Honest Man’s Fortune.” |
| Note 1. An honest man ’s the noblest work of God.—Alexander Pope: Essay on Man, epistle iv. line 248. Robert Burns: The Cotter’s Saturday Night. [back] |