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.

Quote by John Dryden

Topics: Happiness Quotes

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.

Even victors are by victories undone.

Even victors are by victories undone.

Thou strong seducer, Opportunity!

Thou strong seducer, Opportunity!

And plenty makes us poor.

And plenty makes us poor.

Love works a different way in different minds, the fool it enlightens and the wise...

Love works a different way in different minds, the fool it enlightens and the wise...

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...

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

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

When he spoke, what tender words he used! So softly, that like flakes of feathered...

When he spoke, what tender words he used! So softly, that like flakes of feathered...

Genius must be born, and never can be taught.

Genius must be born, and never can be taught.

For Art may err, but Nature cannot miss.

For Art may err, but Nature cannot miss.

He [Shakespeare] was the man who of all modern, and perhaps ancient poets, had the...

He [Shakespeare] was the man who of all modern, and perhaps ancient poets, had the...

Dancing is the poetry of the foot.

Dancing is the poetry of the foot.

You see through love, and that deludes your sight, As what is straight seems crooked...

You see through love, and that deludes your sight, As what is straight seems crooked...

All things are subject to decay and when fate summons, monarchs must obey.

All things are subject to decay and when fate summons, monarchs must obey.

Repentance is but want of power to sin.

Repentance is but want of power to sin.

Tomorrow do thy worst, I have lived today.

Tomorrow do thy worst, I have lived today.

Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.

Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.

Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.

Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.

To die is landing on some distant shore.

To die is landing on some distant shore.

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.