John Dryden Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old John Dryden quotes, John Dryden sayings, and John Dryden proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

Here lies my wife: here let her lie! Now she's at peace, and so am I. John Dryden
We must beat the iron while it is hot, but we may polish it at leisure. John Dryden
He who trusts secrets to a servant makes him his master. John Dryden
All human things are subject to decay, / And, when fate summons, monarchs must obey. John Dryden
I felt the while a pleasing kind of smart; the kiss went tingling to my panting heart. When it was gone, the sense of it did stay; the sweetness cling'd upon my lips all day, like drops of honey, loth to fall away. John Dryden
Love reckons hours for months, and days for years and every little absence is an age. John Dryden
Content is wealth, the riches of the mind; / And happy he who can that treasure find. John Dryden
Beware of the fury of the patient man. John Dryden
When I consider life, 'tis all a cheat; / Yet, fooled with hope, men favor the deceit; / Trust on and think tomorrow will repay, / Tomorrow's falser than the former day. John Dryden
And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm. John Dryden
Ill habits gather by unseen degrees, / As brooks make rivers, rivers run into seas. John Dryden
The wise for cure, on exercise depend; / God never made his work, for man to mend. John Dryden
Good sense and good nature are never separated; and good nature is the product of right reason. John Dryden
Boldness is a mask for fear, however great. John Dryden
A rough diamond who must be polished first ere he shines. John Dryden