For hope is but a dream for those that wake.
Matthew Prior

They talk most who have the least to say.
Matthew Prior

Hopes are but the dreams of those that wake.
Matthew Prior

The ends must justify the means.
Matthew Prior

Hope is but the dream of those who wake.
Matthew Prior

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.
Matthew Prior

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