John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester Quotes

Books bear him up a while, and make him try to swim with bladders of philosophy.

For pointed satire I would Buckhurst choose, The best man with the worst-natures muse.

Where solid pains succeed our senseless joys, and short-lived pleasures pass like fleeting dreams.

Nothing, thou elder brother e'en to shade.

Mothers who force their daughters into interested marriage, are worse than the Ammonites who sacrificed their children to Moloch--the latter undergoing a speedy death, the former suffering years of torture, but too frequently leading to the same result.

'Tis a meaner part of sense to find a fault than taste an excellence.

Envy is a passion so full of cowardice and shame that nobody ever had the confidence to own it.

All men would be cowards if they durst.

Custom does often reason overrule.

Books bear him up awhile, and make him try to swim with bladders of philosophy.