Woman's honor is nice as ermine; it will not bear a soil.

Quote by John Dryden

Topics: Men And Women Quotes

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.

God never made his work for man to mend.

God never made his work for man to mend.

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.

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

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

All heiresses are beautiful.

All heiresses are beautiful.

It is madness to make fortune the mistress of events, because by herself she is...

It is madness to make fortune the mistress of events, because by herself she is...

Roused by the lash of his own stubborn tail our lion now will foreign foes...

Roused by the lash of his own stubborn tail our lion now will foreign foes...

He who trusts secrets to a servant makes him his master

He who trusts secrets to a servant makes him his master

For Art may err, but Nature cannot miss.

For Art may err, but Nature cannot miss.

Fool that I was, upon my eagle's wings I bore this wren, till I was...

Fool that I was, upon my eagle's wings I bore this wren, till I was...

All heiresses are beautiful

All heiresses are beautiful

And love's the noblest frailty of the mind.

And love's the noblest frailty of the mind.

When I consider life, 'tis all a cheat. Yet, fooled by hope, men favour the...

When I consider life, 'tis all a cheat. Yet, fooled by hope, men favour the...

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...

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 thou the rose, yet leave it on its stem.

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

Self-defence is Nature's eldest law.

Self-defence is Nature's eldest law.

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...

Seek not to know what must not be reveal, for joy only flows where fate...

Seek not to know what must not be reveal, for joy only flows where fate...

Dancing is the poetry of the foot.

Dancing is the poetry of the foot.