John Dryden, (1631-1700), British Poet, Dramatist, Critic Quotes
Go miser go, for money sell your soul. Trade wares for wares and trudge from pole to pole, So others may say when you are dead and gone, see what a vast estate he left his son.
Large was his wealth, but larger was his heart.
Seek not to know what must not be revealed, for joy only flows where fate is most concealed. A busy person would find their sorrows much more; if future fortunes were known before!
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.
Some sport which he alone does find / And Thinks a secret to all humane kind.
What passions cannot music raise or quell?
Time is the most valuable coin in your life. You and you alone will determine how that coin will be spent. Be careful that you don't let other people spend it for you.
Plots, true or false, are necessary things, to raise up commonwealths, and ruin kings.
He who would search for pearls must dive below.
Those wanting wit affect gravity, and go by the name of solid men.