They that possess the prince possess the laws.

Quote by John Dryden

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He has not learned the first lesson of life who does not every day surmount...

He has not learned the first lesson of life who does not every day surmount...

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.

And love's the noblest frailty of the mind.

And love's the noblest frailty of the mind.

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...

By viewing Nature, Nature's handmaid, art, makes mighty things from small beginnings grow.

By viewing Nature, Nature's handmaid, art, makes mighty things from small beginnings grow.

War is the trade of Kings.

War is the trade of Kings.

The sooner you treat your son as a man, the sooner he will be one.

The sooner you treat your son as a man, the sooner he will be one.

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.

Honor is but an empty bubble.

Honor is but an empty bubble.

Drinking is the soldier's pleasure.

Drinking is the soldier's pleasure.

What passions cannot music raise or quell?

What passions cannot music raise or quell?

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...

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

For Art may err, but Nature cannot miss.

For Art may err, but Nature cannot miss.

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.

Dancing is the poetry of the foot.

Dancing is the poetry of the foot.

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

But love's a malady without a cure.

But love's a malady without a cure.

A man can be happy with any woman as long as he does not love...

A man can be happy with any woman as long as he does not love...

I love you when I forget about me.

I love you when I forget about me.