| Author |
Quotes |
| John Byrom | As fierce as hell, or fiercer still, A woman piqued who has her will. |
| John Byrom | But scandal's my aversion--I protest Against all evil speaking, even in jest. |
| John Byrom | But sighs subside, and tears shrink, Like Arno in the summer, to a shallow. |
| John Byrom | But thy true lovers more admire by far Thy naked beauties; give me a cigar. |
| John Byrom | But time strips our illusions of their hue, And one by one in turn some grand mistake Casts off its bright skin yearly like a snake. |
| John Byrom | But who alas! can love and then be wise? |
| John Byrom | But who would scorn the month of June, Because December with his breath so hoary, Must come? Much rather should he court the ray, To hoard up warmth against a wintry day. |
| John Byrom | Demons in act, but gods at least in face. |
| John Byrom | Despair of all recovery spoils longevity, And makes men's miseries of alarming brevity. |
| John Byrom | Dreading that climax of all earthly ills, The inflammation of his weekly bills. |
| John Byrom | Famed For every branch of every science known. |
| John Byrom | Foes, friends, men, women, now are nought to me But dreams of what has been, no more to be. |
| John Byrom | For glances beget ogles, ogles sighs, Sighs wishes, wishes words, and words a letter. |
| John Byrom | For no one cares for matrimonial cooings, There's nothing wrong in a connubial kiss. |
| John Byrom | For over-warmth, if false, is worse than truth. |
| John Byrom | For without transformation Men become wolves on every slight occasion. |
| John Byrom | Fresh feres will dry the bright blue eye We late saw streaming o'er. |
| John Byrom | Gaming gains a loss. |
| John Byrom | Give me the soft sigh, whilst the soul-telling eye Is dimm'd for a time with a tear. |
| John Byrom | He makes a solitude, and calls it peace. |
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