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.

Quote by John Dryden

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Forgiveness to the injured does belong; but they ne'er pardon who have done wrong.

Forgiveness to the injured does belong; but they ne'er pardon who have done wrong.

Love is love's reward.

Love is love's reward.

Criticism, as it was first instituted by Aristotle, was meant as a standard of judging...

Criticism, as it was first instituted by Aristotle, was meant as a standard of judging...

All heiresses are beautiful

All heiresses are beautiful

Successful crimes alone are justified

Successful crimes alone are justified

Reason is a crutch for age, but youth is strong enough to walk alone.

Reason is a crutch for age, but youth is strong enough to walk alone.

God never made his work for man to mend.

God never made his work for man to mend.

Happy the man, and happy he alone, he who can call today his own; he...

Happy the man, and happy he alone, he who can call today his own; he...

Drinking is the soldier's pleasure.

Drinking is the soldier's pleasure.

For Art may err, but Nature cannot miss.

For Art may err, but Nature cannot miss.

Dancing is the poetry of the foot.

Dancing is the poetry of the foot.

Love is not in our choice but in our fate.

Love is not in our choice but in our fate.

Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.

Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.

Great wits are sure to madness near allied - And thin partitions do their bounds...

Great wits are sure to madness near allied - And thin partitions do their bounds...

Woman's honor is nice as ermine; it will not bear a soil.

Woman's honor is nice as ermine; it will not bear a soil.

Repentance is but want of power to sin.

Repentance is but want of power to sin.

Death in itself is nothing; but we fear to be we know not what, we...

Death in itself is nothing; but we fear to be we know not what, we...

The first is the law, the last prerogative.

The first is the law, the last prerogative.

But far more numerous was the herd of such, Who think too little, and who...

But far more numerous was the herd of such, Who think too little, and who...

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

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