718 Quotes by John Dryden

Riches cannot rescue from the grave, which claims alike the monarch and the slave.

A man is to be cheated into passion, but to be reasoned into truth.

Order is the greatest grace.

When I consider life, 'tis all a cheat; Yet, fooled with hope, men favour the deceit; Trust on, and think tomorrow will repay. Tomorrow's falser than the former day.

Inspire the Vocal Brass, Inspire; The World is past its Infant Age: Arms and Honour, Arms and Honour, Set the Martial Mind on Fire, And kindle Manly Rage.

For, Heaven be thank'd, we live in such an age, when no man dies for love, but on the stage

The winds that never moderation knew, Afraid to blow too much, too faintly blew; Or out of breath with joy, could not enlarge Their straighten'd lungs or conscious of their charge.

Happy 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.

Ill writers are usually the sharpest censors.