Top 15 John Ogilby Quotes

Though Strong, Resist not a too Potent Foe;
Madmen against a violent Torrent row.
Thou mayst hereafter serve the Common-weal;
Then yield till Time shall later Acts repeal.

Loud Threatnings make men stubborn, but kind Words
Pierce gentle Breasts sooner than sharpest Swords.

Of Pride in thy Prosperity beware,
Vicissitudes of Fortune Constant are.

Lost Reputation hard is to be found.

One good Art's better than a thousand bad.

Those that can Help, to Hurt may find a way.

Rich Cloaths, nor Cost, nor Education can
Change Nature, nor transform and Ape into a Man.

Thus at Home happy, oft fond Youth complain,
And Peace and Plenty with soft Beds disdain.
But when in Forrein War Death seals his Eys,
His Birth-place he remembers e'r he Dies.

Fortune assists the Bold, the Valiant Man
Oft Conqueror proves, because he thinks he can.

No Beast is half so False as Man.

People that under Tyrant Scepters live,
Should each to other kind Assistance give.

None can Protect themselves with their own Shade.
None for themselves are born.

Who Weapons put into a Mad-Man's Hands,
May be the first the Error understands.

They that have Power to do, may, when they will,
Pick Quarrels, and, pretending Justice, kill.

This cruel Prince that made his Will a Law.