I maintain, against the enemies of the stage, that patterns of piety, decently represented, may second the precepts.
John DrydenHe invades authors like a monarch; and what would be theft in other poets is only victory in him.
John DrydenBeauty, like ice, our footing does betray; Who can tread sure on the smooth, slippery way: Pleased with the surface, we glide swiftly on, And see the dangers that we cannot shun.
John Dryden