1664-1721, British Diplomat, Poet
And 'tis remarkable that they talk most who have the least to say.
Matthew Prior – [Bores and Boredom]
Be to their virtue very kind; be to their faults a little blind.
Matthew Prior – [Marriage]
Cured yesterday of my disease, I died last night of my physician.
Matthew Prior – [Doctors]
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 – [Love]
Forbear to mention what thou canst not praise.
Matthew Prior – [Tact and Tactfulness]
Hopes are but the dreams of those that wake.
Matthew Prior – [Hope]
In argument similes are like songs in love; they describe much, but prove nothing.
Matthew Prior – [Argument]
Odds life! must one swear to the truth of a song?
Matthew Prior – [Song and Singing]
They never taste who always drink; they always talk who never think.
Matthew Prior – [Talkativeness]
They talk most who have the least to say.
Matthew Prior – [Speakers and Speaking]
To John I owed great obligation; but John, unhappily, thought fit to publish it to all the nation: Sure John and I are more than quit.
Matthew Prior – [Debt]
Who walks the fastest, but walks astray, is only furthest from his way.
Matthew Prior – [Goals]