So softly death succeeded life in her, She did but dream of heaven, and she was there.

Quote by John Dryden

Topics: Death Quotes

Drinking is the soldier's pleasure.

Drinking is the soldier's pleasure.

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.

And plenty makes us poor.

And plenty makes us poor.

Words are but pictures of our thoughts.

Words are but pictures of our thoughts.

Love thou the rose, yet leave it on its stem.

Love thou the rose, yet leave it on its stem.

It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.

It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.

He who would search for pearls must dive below.

He who would search for pearls must dive below.

Go miser go, for money sell your soul. Trade wares for wares and trudge from...

Go miser go, for money sell your soul. Trade wares for wares and trudge from...

Dancing is the poetry of the foot.

Dancing is the poetry of the foot.

To die is landing on some distant shore.

To die is landing on some distant shore.

There is a pleasure in being mad which none but madmen know.

There is a pleasure in being mad which none but madmen know.

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.

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.

The intoxication of anger, like that of the grape, shows us to others, but hides...

The intoxication of anger, like that of the grape, shows us to others, but hides...

But love's a malady without a cure.

But love's a malady without a cure.

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...

Successful crimes alone are justified

Successful crimes alone are justified

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.

Experience is a revelation in the light of which we renounce our errors of youth...

Experience is a revelation in the light of which we renounce our errors of youth...

For in all the world there are no people so piteous and forlorn as those...

For in all the world there are no people so piteous and forlorn as those...