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

Quote by John Dryden

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And love's the noblest frailty of the mind.

And love's the noblest frailty of the mind.

Thou strong seducer, Opportunity!

Thou strong seducer, Opportunity!

Repentance is but want of power to sin.

Repentance is but want of power to sin.

Either be wholly slaves or wholly free.

Either be wholly slaves or wholly free.

Self-defence is Nature's eldest law.

Self-defence is Nature's eldest law.

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.

He who would search for pearls must dive below.

He who would search for pearls must dive below.

For truth has such a face and such a mien, as to be loved needs...

For truth has such a face and such a mien, as to be loved needs...

There's a proud modesty in merit; averse from asking, and resolved to pay ten times...

There's a proud modesty in merit; averse from asking, and resolved to pay ten times...

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...

Successful crimes alone are justified.

Successful crimes alone are justified.

More liberty begets desire of more; The hunger still increases with the store

More liberty begets desire of more; The hunger still increases with the store

Repentance is but want of power to sin.

Repentance is but want of power to sin.

What all your sex desire is Sovereignty

What all your sex desire is Sovereignty

Errors like straws upon the surface flow: Who would search for pearls must dive below

Errors like straws upon the surface flow: Who would search for pearls must dive below

The first is the law, the last prerogative.

The first is the law, the last prerogative.

Honor is but an empty bubble.

Honor is but an empty bubble.

Successful crimes alone are justified

Successful crimes alone are justified

Toward no crimes have men shown themselves so cold- bloodedly cruel as in punishing differences...

Toward no crimes have men shown themselves so cold- bloodedly cruel as in punishing differences...

To violate the law is the same crime in the emperor as in the subject

To violate the law is the same crime in the emperor as in the subject