For truth has such a face and such a mien, as to be loved needs only to be seen.

— John Dryden

For truth has such a face and such a mien As to be love'd needs only to be seen.

— John Dryden

Fortune befriends the bold.

— John Dryden

For you may palm upon us new for old:All, as they say, that glitters, is not gold.

— John Dryden

Friendship of itself a holy tie is made more sacred by adversity.

— John Dryden

Great wits are to madness near allied And thin partitions do their bounds divide.

— John Dryden

Happy the man and happy he alone He who can call today his own: He who secure within can say Tomorrow do thy worst for I have Liv'd today.

— John Dryden

Happy the man, and happy he alone, he who can call today his own; he who, secure within, can say, tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived today.

— John Dryden

His tribe were God Almighty's gentlemen.

— John Dryden

I am sore wounded but not slain will lay me down and bleed a while And then rise up to fight again

— John Dryden