Date: 1746

"Of all the passions--that the mind enslave, / Tarnish the glory of the truly brave, / The meanest this--of social love the pest, / The worst of Fiends--in fairest colors drest."

— Ruffhead, James

Date: 1746

"Whirl'd by the swift rotations of the mind," man may be ruled by his pride and live to present bliss

— Ruffhead, James

Date: 1746

Passions may rule the breast so that one "prevails and lords it o'er the rest"

— Ruffhead, James

Date: 1746

Rebellion may lurk in the "faithless heart"

— Ruffhead, James

Date: 1746

"One tyrant passion rules the soul of man"

— Ruffhead, James

Date: 1746

"As love no single part of empire knows," "So shou'd our passions" extend "their full joy" to all desert

— Ruffhead, James

Date: 1746

Passions may rule over one's intellects

— Ruffhead, James

Date: 1746

"Of all the passions--that the mind enslave,/ Tarnish the glory of the truly brave,/ The meanest this--of social love the pest, / The worst of Fiends--in fairest colours drest."

— Ruffhead, James

Date: 1747

"Old Gripus ne'er was known to be devout, / Till Satan found his ruling passion out"

— Gilbert, Thomas (bap. 1713, d. 1766)

Date: 1747

"And where's the boasted liberty of man? / Chang'd are his lords indeed; and tyrant Lust / Usurps the just supremacy of Heav'n."

— Cardinal Melchior de Polignac (1661-1741)