Quotes from authors born in 1731
The best things carried to excess are wrong.
Charles Churchill
God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform. He plants his footsteps in the sea, and rides upon the storm.
William Cowper
Prudent dullness marked him for a mayor.
Charles Churchill
Genius is independent of situation.
Charles Churchill
How much a dunce that has been sent to roam, excels a dunce that has been kept at home.
William Cowper
Robert A. Heinlein 
William Gillette 
Robert Menendez 
Paul Darrow 
Louis B. Mayer 
Tom Kite 
Morris West 
Dino Buzzati