Flattery, the dangerous nurse of vice.

- Samuel Daniel

Care-charmer Sleep, son of the sable Night, Brother to Death, in silent darkness born, Relieve my languish and restore the light; With dark forgettin…

- Samuel Daniel

Thus doth the ever-changing course of things Run a perpetual circle, ever turning; And that same day, that highest glory brings, Brings us unto the p…

- Samuel Daniel

We come to know best what men are, in their worse jeopardizes.

- Samuel Daniel

Custom, that is before all law; Nature, that is above all art.

- Samuel Daniel

Beauty, sweet love, is like the morning dew, Whose short refresh upon tender green, Cheers for a time, but till the sun doth show And straight is gon…

- Samuel Daniel

When better cherries are not to be had, We needs must take the seeming best of bad.

- Samuel Daniel

Sacred religion! mother of form and fear.

- Samuel Daniel

Love is a sickness full of woes, All remedies refusing; A plant that with most cutting grows, Most barren with best using.

- Samuel Daniel