John Wolcot Quotes & Sayings

Some one has said of a fine and honorable old age, that it was the childhood of immortality. — John Wolcot

Thus every dog at last will have his day -
He who this morning smiled, at night may sorrow;
The grub today's a butterfly tomorrow. — John Wolcot

A fellow in a market town, Most musical, cried razors up and down. — John Wolcot

Midas, they say, possessed the art of old; Of turning whatsoe'er he touch'd to gold; This modern statesmen can reverse with ease - Touch them with gold, they'll turn to what you please. — John Wolcot

With vivid words your just conceptions grace,
Much truth compressing in a narrow space;
Then many shall peruse, but few complain,
And envy frown, and critics snarl in vain. — John Wolcot

What rage for fame attends both great and small! Better be damned than mentioned not at all. — John Wolcot

No, let the monarch's bags and others holdThe flattering, mighty, nay, al-mighty gold. — John Wolcot

The turnpike road to people's hearts, I find,
Lies through their mouths or I mistake mankind. — John Wolcot

It is money makes the mare to trot. — John Wolcot

O delicious kiss,
Why thou so sudden art gone?
Lost in the moment thou art won? — John Wolcot

To wear long faces, just as if our Maker,
The God of goodness, was an undertaker. — John Wolcot

Care to our coffin adds a nail, no doubt, And every grin so merry draws one out. — John Wolcot

Enjoy thy stream, O harmless fish; And when an angler for his dish, Through gluttony's vile sin, Attempts, the wretch, to pull thee out, God give thee strength, O gentle trout, To pull the rascal in! — John Wolcot

People may have too much of a good thing:Full as an egg of wisdom thus I sing. — John Wolcot

Every gift, though it be small, is in reality great if given with affection. — John Wolcot

The greatest men May ask a foolish question, now and then. — John Wolcot