Date: 1733

"Let Vice and guilt act how they please / In souls their conquer'd provinces;"

— Green, Matthew (1696-1737) [pseud. Peter Drake, a Fisherman of Brentford]

Date: 1733

"Virtue's exempt from quartering fears. / Shall then arm'd phancies fiercely drest / Live at discretion in your breast?"

— Green, Matthew (1696-1737) [pseud. Peter Drake, a Fisherman of Brentford]

Date: 1733, 1736

"The ruling Passion conquers reason still."

— Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)

Date: 1735

"'Twere endless to describe the various Darts, / With which the Fair are arm'd to conquer Heart"

— Hughes, John (1678?-1720)

Date: 1736

"Weighty cares may "the pensive Mind invade"

— Duck, Stephen (1705-1756)

Date: 1736

Love and Reason may make war within one's breast

— Granville, George, Baron Lansdowne (1666-1735)

Date: 1737

"Regard thy Powers, O Man! nor heed thy Size: / In piercing Reason thy Advantage lies; / Reason that conquers all, and rules the Skies."

— Baker, Henry (1698-1774)

Date: 1737

"Alas! by diff'rent Passions I'm oppress'd! / Fierce Love and Hate contend within my Breast."

— Baker, Henry (1698-1774)

Date: 1737

"At Eyes alone our Beaus direct their art, / Nor know the nobler Conquest of the Heart."

— Thurston, Joseph (1704-1732)

Date: 1737

"Hence Wrath and Rage their ready Minds invade, / And Want could ev'ry Wickedness perswade."

— Baker, Henry (1698-1774)