When he spoke, what tender words he used! So softly, that like flakes of feathered snow, They melted as they fell.

Quote by John Dryden

Topics: Tenderness Quotes, Words Quotes

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.

The fool of nature stood with stupid eyes And gaping mouth, that testified surprise

The fool of nature stood with stupid eyes And gaping mouth, that testified surprise

There's a proud modesty in merit; averse from asking, and resolved to pay ten times...

There's a proud modesty in merit; averse from asking, and resolved to pay ten times...

To die is landing on some distant shore.

To die is landing on some distant shore.

Genius must be born, and never can be taught.

Genius must be born, and never can be taught.

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...

Successful crimes alone are justified

Successful crimes alone are justified

All objects lose by too familiar a view.

All objects lose by too familiar a view.

Thou strong seducer, Opportunity!

Thou strong seducer, Opportunity!

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!

But love's a malady without a cure.

But love's a malady without a cure.

Pains of love be sweeter far than all other pleasures are.

Pains of love be sweeter far than all other pleasures are.

All heiresses are beautiful

All heiresses are beautiful

Love is hard work; and hard work sometimes hurts!

Love is hard work; and hard work sometimes hurts!

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...

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...

Self-defence is Nature's eldest law.

Self-defence is Nature's eldest law.

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.

Honor is but an empty bubble.

Honor is but an empty bubble.

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

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