Only man clogs his happiness with care, destroying what is, with thoughts of what may be.

Quote by John Dryden

Topics: Happiness Quotes

He who would search for pearls must dive below.

He who would search for pearls must dive below.

Only man clogs his happiness with care, destroying what is with thoughts of what may...

Only man clogs his happiness with care, destroying what is with thoughts of what may...

They that possess the prince possess the laws.

They that possess the prince possess the laws.

All heiresses are beautiful

All heiresses are beautiful

For Art may err, but Nature cannot miss.

For Art may err, but Nature cannot miss.

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.

The first is the law, the last prerogative.

The first is the law, the last prerogative.

For they conquer who believe they can.

For they conquer who believe they can.

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

Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.

Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.

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.

Confidence is the feeling we have before knowing all the facts

Confidence is the feeling we have before knowing all the facts

Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.

Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.

When I consider life, it is all a cheat. Yet fooled with hope, people favor...

When I consider life, it is all a cheat. Yet fooled with hope, people favor...

What all your sex desire is Sovereignty

What all your sex desire is Sovereignty

Honor is but an empty bubble.

Honor is 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...

Love is hard work; and hard work sometimes hurts!

Love is hard work; and hard work sometimes hurts!

Love seeks no cause beyond itself and no fruit; it is its own fruit, its...

Love seeks no cause beyond itself and no fruit; it is its own fruit, its...

And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge,...

And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge,...