Quotes by Samuel Lover

"Circumstances are the rulers of the weak; they are but the instruments of the wise."
— Samuel Lover
"Come live in my heart, and pay no rent."
— Samuel Lover
"When once the itch of literature comes over a man, nothing can cure it but the scratching of a pen. But if you have not a pen, I suppose you must scratch any way you can."
— Samuel Lover
Samuel Lover

Samuel Lover (24 February 1797 – 6 July 1868), also known as "Ben Trovato" ("well invented"), was an Irish songwriter, composer and novelist, and a portrait painter, chiefly in miniatures. He was the ...