John Dryden
When I consider life, 't is all a cheat.Yet, fooled by hope, men favour the deceit; trust on, and think to-morrow will repay: to-morrow's falser than the former day.
John DrydenThere is a pleasure sure in being mad, which none but madmen know!
John DrydenDeath in itself is nothing; but we fear to be we know not what, we know not where.
John DrydenAnd thus the child imposes on the man.
John DrydenErrors, like straws, upon the surface flow; he who would search for pearls must dive below.
John DrydenBetter shun the bait, than struggle in the snare.
John DrydenIt is madness to make fortune the mistress of events, because by herself she is nothing and is ruled by prudence.
John DrydenAnd love's the noblest frailty of the mind.
John DrydenAll objects lose by too familiar a view.
John DrydenBetter to hunt in fields for health unbought than fee the doctor for a nauseous draught. The wise for cure on exercise depend;
John DrydenHappy the man, and happy he alone, he who can call today his own; he who, secure within, can say, tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived today.
John DrydenMen are but children of a larger growth, our appetites as apt to change as theirs, and full as craving too, and full as vain.
John DrydenI am as free as nature first made man.
John DrydenBold knaves thrive without one grain of sense, but good men starve for want of impudence.
John DrydenThou strong seducer, Opportunity!
John DrydenWe first make our habits, and then our habits make us.
John DrydenTo die is landing on some distant shore.
John DrydenNone but the brave deserves the fair.
John DrydenBy viewing Nature, Nature's handmaid, art, makes mighty things from small beginnings grow.
John DrydenFor Art may err, but Nature cannot miss.
John DrydenTomorrow do thy worst, I have lived today.
John DrydenHe who would search for pearls must dive below.
John DrydenA knock-down argument; 'tis but a word and a blow.
John DrydenWar is the trade of kings.
John DrydenOnly man clogs his happiness with care, destroying what is, with thoughts of what may be.
John Dryden
