Let grace and goodness be the principal loadstone of thy affections. For love which hath ends, will have an end; whereas that which is founded on true virtue, will always continue.

Quote by John Dryden

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We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.

We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.

Repentance is but want of power to sin.

Repentance is but want of power to sin.

Ill habits gather unseen degrees, as brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.

Ill habits gather unseen degrees, as brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.

He who trusts secrets to a servant makes him his master

He who trusts secrets to a servant makes him his master

Go miser go, for money sell your soul. Trade wares for wares and trudge from...

Go miser go, for money sell your soul. Trade wares for wares and trudge from...

War is the trade of Kings.

War is the trade of Kings.

Roused by the lash of his own stubborn tail our lion now will foreign foes...

Roused by the lash of his own stubborn tail our lion now will foreign foes...

Honor is but an empty bubble.

Honor is but an empty bubble.

War, he sung, is toil and trouble; honour but an empty bubble.

War, he sung, is toil and trouble; honour but an empty bubble.

Love reckons hours for months, and days for years; And every little absence is an...

Love reckons hours for months, and days for years; And every little absence is an...

So softly death succeeded life in her, She did but dream of heaven, and she...

So softly death succeeded life in her, She did but dream of heaven, and she...

They can conquer who believe they can

They can conquer who believe they can

Love is hard work; and hard work sometimes hurts!

Love is hard work; and hard work sometimes hurts!

When I consider life, 'tis all a cheat. Yet, fooled by hope, men favour the...

When I consider life, 'tis all a cheat. Yet, fooled by hope, men favour the...

There is a pleasure in being mad which none but madmen know.

There is a pleasure in being mad which none but madmen know.

God never made his work for man to mend.

God never made his work for man to mend.

They that possess the prince possess the laws.

They that possess the prince possess the laws.

By viewing Nature, Nature's handmaid, art, makes mighty things from small beginnings grow.

By viewing Nature, Nature's handmaid, art, makes mighty things from small beginnings grow.

A refined nature is vexed by knowing that some one owes it thanks, a coarse...

A refined nature is vexed by knowing that some one owes it thanks, a coarse...

I would rather wake up in the middle of nowhere than in any city on...

I would rather wake up in the middle of nowhere than in any city on...