Imitation pleases, because it affords matter for inquiring into the truth or falsehood of imitation, by comparing its likeness or unlikeness with the original.
John DrydenIf one must be rejected, one succeed, make him my lord within whose faithful breast is fixed my image, and who loves me best.
John DrydenGood sense and good-nature are never separated, though the ignorant world has thought otherwise. Good-nature, by which I mean beneficence and candor, is the product of right reason.
John DrydenOnly man clogs his happiness with care, destroying what is with thoughts of what may be.
John Dryden