We can never be grieved for their miseries who are thoroughly wicked, and have thereby justly called their calamities on themselves.
JOHN DRYDENWe can never be grieved for their miseries who are thoroughly wicked, and have thereby justly called their calamities on themselves.
JOHN DRYDENIf all the world be worth thy winning. / Think, oh think it worth enjoying: / Lovely Thaïs sits beside thee, / Take the good the gods provide thee.
JOHN DRYDENBut far more numerous was the herd of such, Who think too little, and who talk too much.
JOHN DRYDENAll heiresses are beautiful.
JOHN DRYDENMurder may pass unpunished for a time, But tardy justice will overtake the crime.
JOHN DRYDENBeware of the fury of the patient man.
JOHN DRYDENHappy, happy, happy pair! None but the brave deserves the fair.
JOHN DRYDENWar seldom enters but where wealth allures.
JOHN DRYDENZeal, the blind conductor of the will.
JOHN DRYDENHe who would pry behind the scenes oft sees a counterfeit.
JOHN DRYDENIf passion rules, how weak does reason prove!
JOHN DRYDENLet grace and goodness be the principal loadstone of thy affections.
JOHN DRYDENFor your ignorance is the mother of your devotion to me.
JOHN DRYDENWhat passion cannot music raise and quell!
JOHN DRYDENHe has not learned the first lesson of life who does not every day surmount a fear.
JOHN DRYDENPresence of mind and courage in distress, Are more than arrives to procure success?
JOHN DRYDEN