Matthew Prior

“Who breathes must suffer, and who thinks must mourn; And he alone is bless'd who ne'er was born.”

“Be to their virtue very kind; be to their faults a little blind.”

“The end must justify the means.”

“Fantastic tyrant of the amorous heart. How hard thy yoke, how cruel thy dart. Those escape your anger who refuse your sway, and those are punished most, who most obey.”

“They talk most who have the least to say.”

“They never taste who always drink: They always talk, who never think.”

“For, when with beauty we can virtue join, We paint the semblance of a form divine.”

“The ends must justify the means.”

“Hope is but the dream of those who wake.”

“Who walks the fastest, but walks astray, is only furthest from his way.”

“And hope is but a dream of those that wake.”

“It takes two to quarrel, but only one to end it.”

“Cured yesterday of my disease, I died last night of my physician.”

“And 'tis remarkable that they talk most who have the least to say.”