John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
76 John Heywood 1497?-1580? John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 76 |
| AUTHOR: | John Heywood (1497?–1580?) |
| QUOTATION: | Good to be merie and wise. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Proverbes. Part i. Chap. ii. |
| Note 1. ’T is good to be merry and wise.—Ben Jonson, George Chapman, Marston: Eastward Ho, act i. sc. 1. Robert Burns: Here ’s a health to them that ’s awa’. [back] |