Matthew Prior
» Argument » “In argument similes are like songs in love; they describe much, but prove nothing.”
» Bores and Boredom » “And ’tis remarkable that they talk most who have the least to say.”
» Debt » “To John I owed great obligation; but John, unhappily, thought fit to publish it to all the nation: Sure John and I are more than quit.”
» Doctors » “Cured yesterday of my disease, I died last night of my physician.”
» Goals » “Who walks the fastest, but walks astray, is only furthest from his way.”
» Hope » “Hopes are but the dreams of those that wake.”
» Love » “Fantastic tyrant of the amorous heart. How hard thy yoke, how cruel thy dart. Those escape your anger who refuse your sway, and those are punished most, who most obey.”
» Marriage » “Be to their virtue very kind; be to their faults a little blind.”
» Song and Singing » “Odds life! must one swear to the truth of a song?”
» Speakers and Speaking » “They talk most who have the least to say.”
» Tact and Tactfulness » “Forbear to mention what thou canst not praise.”
» Talkativeness » “They never taste who always drink; they always talk who never think.”
