John Dryden (1631-1700)

Quotes

• None are so busy as the fool and knave.

• Let 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.

• Set all things in their own peculiar place, and know that order is the greatest grace.

• Better shun the bait, than struggle in the snare.

• And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm.

• Tomorrow, do thy worst, for I have lived today.

• Beware the fury of a patient man.

• Love is love's reward.

• They think too little who talk too much.

• Happy the man, and happy he alone,
  He, who can call to-day his own:
  He who, secure within, can say,
  To-morrow do thy worst, for I have lived today.

• But far more numerous was the herd of such,
  Who think too little and who talk too much.

• We must beat the iron while it is hot, but we may polish it at leisure.

• The conscience of a people is their power.

• Beware of the fury of the patient man.

• Dreams are but interludes that fancy makes...
  Sometimes forgotten things, long cast behind
  Rush forward in the brain, and come to mind.