Occupation: Poet Birth: June 30, 1685 Death: December 4, 1732
A woman's friendship ever ends in love..
Envy is a kind of praise..
And when a lady's in the case, You know, all other things give place..
Cowards are cruel, but the brave love mercy and delight to save..
Thus shadow owes its birth to light..
From kings to cobblers 'tis the same; Bad servants wound their masters' fame..
The luxury of doing good surpasses every other personal enjoyment..
Youth's the season made for joys, Love is then our duty..
I hate the man who builds his name On ruins of another's fame. Thus prudes, by characters o'erthrown, Imagine that they raise their own. Thus Scribbl….
You can only be called a hypocrite if you judge others first..
A man is always afraid of a woman that loves him too much.
Follow love and it will flee, flee love and it will follow thee..
What frenzy dictates, jealousy believes.
What then in love can woman do? If we grow fond they shun us. And when we fly them, they pursue: But leave us when they've won us..
Is there no hope? the sick man said, The silent doctor shook his head, And took his leave with signs of sorrow, Despairing of his fee to-morrow..
Music might tame and civilize wild beasts, but 'tis evident it never yet could tame and civilize musicians..
Fair is the kingcup that in meadow blows, Fair is the daisy that beside her grows..
Nor love, not honor, wealth nor power, can give the heart a cheerful hour when health is lost. Be timely wise; With health all taste of pleasure flie….
A Wolf eats sheep but now and then; Ten thousands are devour'd by men. An open foe may prove a curse, but a pretend friend is worse..
Lions, wolves, and vultures don't live together in herds, droves or flocks. Of all animals of prey, man is the only sociable one. Every one of us pre….
Envy's a sharper spur than pay..