John Suckling Quotes

SUCKLING, Sir John Quotes

(1600-1642), English poet

Anticipation

It is expectation makes blessings dear. Heaven were not heaven if we knew what it were.

Expectation

'Tis expectation makes a blessing dear; heaven were not heaven if we knew what it were.

Opportunity

Opportunity to statesmen, is as the just degree of heat to chemists; it perfects all the work.

Sin

Our sins, like our shadows when day is in its glory, scarce appear; toward evening, how great and monstrous they are!