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

Quote by John Dryden

Topics: Men And Women Quotes

All heiresses are beautiful.

All heiresses are beautiful.

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...

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...

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.

But love's a malady without a cure.

But love's a malady without a cure.

Repentance is but want of power to sin.

Repentance is but want of power to sin.

All, all of a piece throughout; Thy chase had a beast in view; Thy wars...

All, all of a piece throughout; Thy chase had a beast in view; Thy wars...

Words are but pictures of our thoughts.

Words are but pictures of our thoughts.

Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.

Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.

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!

He [Shakespeare] was the man who of all modern, and perhaps ancient poets, had the...

He [Shakespeare] was the man who of all modern, and perhaps ancient poets, had the...

What passions cannot music raise or quell?

What passions cannot music raise or quell?

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...

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.

And love's the noblest frailty of the mind.

And love's the noblest frailty of the mind.

But far more numerous was the herd of such, Who think too little, and who...

But far more numerous was the herd of such, Who think too little, and who...

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...

Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.

Boldness is a mask for fear, however great.

The first is the law, the last prerogative.

The first is the law, the last prerogative.

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

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