Thomas Otway
Thomas Otway
Thomas Otwaywas an English dramatist of the Restoration period, best known for Venice Preserv'd, or A Plot Discover'd...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionDramatist
love-is treasure rich
If love be treasure, we'll be wondrous rich.
sleep littles poor
The poor sleep little.
honesty hands coward
Honesty was a cheat invented first To bind the hands of bold deserving rogues, That fools and cowards might sit safe in power, And lord it uncontroll'd above their betters.
english-dramatist labour loads shining
Shining through tears, like April suns in showers, that labour to overcome the cloud that loads 'em.