I tell thee, be not rash; a golden bridge / Is for a flying enemy. |
I think the worst woman that ever existed would have made a man of very passable reputation - they are all better than us and their faults such as they are must originate with ourselves. |
I thought it would appear / That there had been a lady in the case. |
I want a hero: an uncommon want, When every year and month sends forth a new one, Till, after cloying the gazettes with cant, The age discovers he is not the true one; Of such as these I should not care to vaunt, I'll therefore take our ancient frien |
I wish he would explain his explanation |
I would rather have a nod from an American, than a snuff-box from an emperor. |
I'll publish, right or wrong: / Fools are my theme, let satire be my song. |
I've stood upon Achilles' tomb, And heard Troy doubted: time will doubt of Rome |
If I am fool, it is, at least, a doubting one; and I envy no one the certainty of his self-approved wisdom. |
If I could always read, I should never feel the want of company. |
If I don't write to empty my mind, I go mad. |
If I don't write to empty my mind, I go mad. As to that regular, uninterrupted love of writing. I do not understand it. I feel it as a torture, which I must get rid of, but never as a pleasure. On the contrary, I think composition a great pain. |
If I should meet thee After long years, How should I greet thee? - With silence and tears |
If this be true, indeed, / Some Christians have a comfortable creed. |
If we must have a tyrant, let him at least be a gentleman who has been bred to the business, and let us fall by the axe and not by the butcher's cleaver. |