John Cleveland

“For he that has but impudence, To all things has a fair pretence;”

“Had Cain been Scot, God would have changed his doom; Not forced him wander, but confined him home.”

“The Stoic's doctrine, and the Cynic's tub, Are pleasant things to read of in a book; But who can suffer being dumb and blind, When all the world with measles is purblind?”

“Oh, for a State-distinction, where to frame a Hierarchy of vices!”