Honor is but an empty bubble.
JOHN DRYDENHonor is but an empty bubble.
JOHN DRYDENHe was exhaled; his great Creator drew His spirit, as the sun the morning dew.
JOHN DRYDENLet grace and goodness be the principal loadstone of thy affections. For love which hath ends, will have an end; whereas that which is founded on true virtue, will always continue.
JOHN DRYDENSince every man who lives is born to die, And none can boast sincere felicity, With equal mind, what happens, let us bear, Nor joy nor grieve too much for things beyond our care. Like pilgrims to the’ appointed place we tend; The world’s an inn, and death the journey’s end.
JOHN DRYDENOf all the tyrannies on human kind the worst is that which persecutes the mind.
JOHN DRYDENRepentance is but want of power to sin.
JOHN DRYDENMen’s virtues I have commended as freely as I have taxed their crimes.
JOHN DRYDENLuxurious kings are to their people lost, They live like drones, upon the public cost.
JOHN DRYDENSweet is pleasure after pain.
JOHN DRYDENSeas are the fields of combat for the winds; but when they sweep along some flowery coast, their wings move mildly, and their rage is lost.
JOHN DRYDENBut love’s a malady without a cure.
JOHN DRYDENSatire is a kind of poetry in which human vices are reprehended.
JOHN DRYDENForgiveness to the injured does belong; but they ne’er pardon who have done wrong.
JOHN DRYDENKeen appetite And quick digestion wait on you and yours.
JOHN DRYDENGreat wits are sure to madness near allied, and thin partitions do their bounds divide.
JOHN DRYDENLucky men are favorites of Heaven.
JOHN DRYDEN