John Donne

“No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace as I have seen in one autumnal face.”

“Death be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so. For, those, whom thou think'st thou dost overthrow. Die not, poor death, nor yet canst thou kill me.”

“God employs several translators; some pieces are translated by age, some by sickness, some by war, some by justice.”

“For God's sake hold your tongue, and let me love.”

“More than kisses, letters mingle souls.”

“Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.”

“Nature's great masterpiece, an elephant; the only harmless great thing.”

“Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies.”

“Reason is our soul's left hand, faith her right.”