Occupation: Poet Birth: August 9, 1631 Death: May 12, 1700
None, none descends into himself, to find The secret imperfections of his mind: But every one is eagle-ey'd to see Another's faults, and his deformit….
Reason to rule, mercy to forgive: The first is law, the last prerogative. Life is an adventure in forgiveness..
He who trusts secrets to a servant makes him his master.
Beware of the fury of the patient man..
For they can conquer who believe they can..
Confidence is the feeling we have before knowing all the facts.
Love is not in our choice but in our fate..
None would live past years again, Yet all hope pleasure in what yet remain; And, from the dregs of life, think to receive, What the first sprightly r….
The sooner you treat your son as a man, the sooner he will be one..
Self-defense is Nature's eldest law..
Dancing is the poetry of the foot..
'Tis a good thing to laugh at any rate; and if a straw can tickle a man, it is an instrument of happiness..
By education most have been misled..
We first make our habits, and then our habits make us..
Better to hunt in fields, for health unbought, Than fee the doctor for a nauseous draught, The wise, for cure, on exercise depend; God never made his….
Errors like straws upon the surface flow, Who would search for pearls to be grateful for often must dive below..
Love reckons hours for months, and days for years; and every little absence is an age..
Set all things in their own peculiar place, and know that order is the greatest grace..
Words are but pictures of our thoughts..
I am devilishly afraid, that's certain; but ... I'll sing, that I may seem valiant..
None but the brave deserve the fair..