John Dryden
“Forgiveness to the injured does belong; but they ne’er pardon who have done the wrong.”
“Time, place, and action may with pains be wrought, but genius must be born.”
“They can conquer who believe they can.”
“He who would be wise must first learn to doubt.”
“But far more numerous was the herd of such, who think too little, and who talk too much.”
“Self-defence, therefore, is Nature's first great law.”
“Words are but pictures of our thoughts.”
“Great wits are sure to madness near allied, and thin partitions do their bounds divide.”
“Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; he who would search for pearls must dive below.”
“Beware the fury of a patient man.”