John Suckling Quotes

Joy never feasts so high as when the first course is of misery.

I prithee send me back my heart, Since I cannot have thine; For if from yours you will not part, Why, then, shouldst thou have mine?

A quiet mediocrity is still to be preferred before a troubled superfluity.

Beauties that from worth arise are like the grace of deities.

'Tis expectation makes a blessing dear.

Tis love in love that makes the sport.

Opportunity, to statesmen, is as the just degree of heat to chemists; it perfects all the work.

Tis not the meat, but 'tis the appetite makes eating a delight.

But as when an authentic watch is shown, Each man winds up and rectifies his own, So in our very judgments.

Expectation makes a blessing dear. Heaven were not heaven if we knew what it was.

Success is a rare paint, hides all the ugliness.

Out upon it, I have loved Three whole days together; And am like to love three more, If it prove fair weather.