Words are but pictures of our thoughts.

Quote by John Dryden

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They that possess the prince possess the laws.

They that possess the prince possess the laws.

Honor is but an empty bubble.

Honor is but an empty bubble.

Criticism, as it was first instituted by Aristotle, was meant as a standard of judging...

Criticism, as it was first instituted by Aristotle, was meant as a standard of judging...

Dancing is the poetry of the foot.

Dancing is the poetry of the foot.

If you be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams -...

If you be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams -...

All heiresses are beautiful.

All heiresses are beautiful.

Time, place, and action may with pains be wrought, But Genius must be born; and...

Time, place, and action may with pains be wrought, But Genius must be born; and...

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...

None but the brave deserves the fair.

None but the brave deserves the fair.

But love's a malady without a cure.

But love's a malady without a cure.

Self-defence is Nature's eldest law.

Self-defence is Nature's eldest law.

What passions cannot music raise or quell?

What passions cannot music raise or quell?

Drinking is the soldier's pleasure.

Drinking is the soldier's pleasure.

Either be wholly slaves or wholly free.

Either be wholly slaves or wholly free.

He who trusts secrets to a servant makes him his master

He who trusts secrets to a servant makes him his master

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.

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...

Successful crimes alone are justified.

Successful crimes alone are justified.

Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.

Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.