Matthew Prior quotes:

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.

Hope is but the dream of those who wake.

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

The ends must justify the means.

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

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

The end must justify the means.