Francis Beaumont — English Playwright born on December 29, 1584,

Francis Beaumont was a dramatist in the English Renaissance theatre, most famous for his collaborations with John Fletcher... (wikipedia)

Faith without works is like a bird without wings; though she may hop with her companions on earth, yet she will never fly with them to heaven.
Envy, like the worm, never runs but to the fairest fruit; like a cunning bloodhound, it singles out the fattest deer in the flock.
Oh, love will make a dog howl in rhyme.
It is more noble by silence to avoid an injury than by argument to overcome it.
Nothing's so dainty sweet as lovely melancholy.