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

Quote by John Dryden

Topics: Age Quotes

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.

A knock-down argument; 'tis but a word and a blow.

A knock-down argument; 'tis but a word and a blow.

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...

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.

Bold knaves thrive without one grain of sense, but good men starve for want of...

Bold knaves thrive without one grain of sense, but good men starve for want of...

War is the trade of Kings.

War is the trade of Kings.

Let grace and goodness be the principal loadstone of thy affections. For love which hath...

Let grace and goodness be the principal loadstone of thy affections. For love which hath...

Look round the habitable world, how few Know their own good, or, knowing it, pursue!

Look round the habitable world, how few Know their own good, or, knowing it, pursue!

For, Heaven be thank'd, we live in such an age, when no man dies for...

For, Heaven be thank'd, we live in such an age, when no man dies for...

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

Honor is but an empty bubble.

Honor is but an empty bubble.

Either be wholly slaves or wholly free.

Either be wholly slaves or wholly free.

They that possess the prince possess the laws.

They that possess the prince possess the laws.

None but the brave deserves the fair.

None but the brave deserves the fair.

They that possess the prince possess the laws.

They that possess the prince possess the laws.

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

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...

The first is the law, the last prerogative.

The first is the law, the last prerogative.

For Art may err, but Nature cannot miss.

For Art may err, but Nature cannot miss.