Even kings but play; and when their part is done, some other, worse or better, mounts the throne.
If you are for a merry jaunt, I will try, for once, who can foot it farthest.
Our vows are heard betimes! and Heaven takes care To grant, before we can conclude the prayer: Preventing angels met it half the way, And sent us back to praise, who came to pray.
Repartee is the soul of conversation.
Prodigious actions may as well be done, by weaver's issue, as the prince's son.
Zeal, the blind conductor of the will.