John Dryden Time Quotations

Tis well an old age is out, And time to begin a new.

All, all of a piece throughout; / Thy chase had a beast in view; / Thy wars brought nothing about; / Thy lovers were all untrue. / 'Tis well an old age is out, / And time to begin a new.

Every language is so full of its own proprieties that what is beautiful in one is often barbarous, nay, sometimes nonsense, in another.

Men are but children of a larger growth, Our appetites as apt to change as theirs, And full as craving too, and full as vain.

Love and Time with reverence use, Treat them like a parting friend: Nor the golden gifts refuse Which in youth sincere they send: For each year their price is more, And they less simple than before.

Tomorrow do thy worst, I have lived today.

And write whatever Time shall bring to pass With pens of adamant on plates of brass.

Swift was the race, but short the time to run.

Time is the most valuable coin in your life. You and you alone will determine how that coin will be spent. Be careful that you don't let other people spend it for you.