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

Quote by John Dryden

Topics: Habit Quotes

For Art may err, but Nature cannot miss.

For Art may err, but Nature cannot miss.

If you be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams -...

If you be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams -...

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...

Love is love's reward.

Love is love's reward.

Thou strong seducer, Opportunity!

Thou strong seducer, Opportunity!

Self-defence is Nature's eldest law.

Self-defence is Nature's eldest law.

Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.

Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.

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...

Shame on the body for breaking down while the spirit perseveres.

Shame on the body for breaking down while the spirit perseveres.

Honor is but an empty bubble.

Honor is but an empty bubble.

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...

Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.

Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.

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...

Words are but pictures of our thoughts.

Words are but pictures of our thoughts.

Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.

Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.

Sometimes we see things not as they are but as we are: Love brings understanding

Sometimes we see things not as they are but as we are: Love brings understanding

It is madness to make fortune the mistress of events, because by herself she is...

It is madness to make fortune the mistress of events, because by herself she is...

Great wits are sure to madness near allied, and thin partitions do their bounds divide.

Great wits are sure to madness near allied, and thin partitions do their bounds divide.

Look around the inhabited world; how few know their own good, or knowing it, pursue.

Look around the inhabited world; how few know their own good, or knowing it, pursue.

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.