"I am sore wounded but not slainI will lay me down and bleed a whileAnd then rise up to fight again"
- John Dryden
"But far more numerous was the herd of such,Who think too little, and who talk too much."
"Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; He who would search for pearls, must dive below."
"Welcome, thou kind deceiver!Thou best of thieves: who, with an easy key,Dost open life, and, unperceived by us,Even steal us from ourselves."
"For you may palm upon us new for old:All, as they say, that glitters, is not gold."
"Such subtle covenants shall be made, Till peace itself is war in masquerade."
"We first make our habits, then our habits make us."
"If others in the same Glass better see 'Tis for Themselves they look, but not for me: For my Salvation must its Doom receive Not from what others, but what I believe."
"Thus like a Captive in an Isle confin'd,Man walks at large, a Pris'ner of the Mind"
"When I consider life, 't is all a cheat.Yet fool'd with hope, men favour the deceit;Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay.To-morrow 's falser than the former day;Lies worse, and while it says we sh..."