Boldness is a mask for fear, however great. – John Dryden
He invades authors like a monarch; and what would be theft in other poets is only victory in him. – John Dryden

Boldness is a mask for fear, however great. – John Dryden
He invades authors like a monarch; and what would be theft in other poets is only victory in him. – John Dryden
Railing and praising were his usual themes; and both showed his judgment in extremes. Either over violent or over civil, so everyone to him was either god or devil. – John Dryden
Love reckons hours for months, and days for years; and every little absence is an age. – John Dryden