What then in love can woman do? If we grow fond they shun us. And when we fly them, they pursue: But leave us when they've won us.- John Gay
We only part to meet again.
Those who in quarrels interpose, must often wipe a bloody nose.
There is no dependence that can be sure but a dependence upon one's self.
The comfortable estate of widowhood is the only hope that keeps up a wife's spirits.
The brave love mercy, and delight to save.
Tell me and I forget. Show me and I remember. Involve me and I understand.
She who has never loved has never lived.
Shadow owes its birth to light.
On the choice of friends, Our good or evil name depends.
O Polly, you might have toyed and kissed, by keeping men off, you keep them on.
No retreat. No retreat. They must conquer or die who've no retreat.
Lions, wolves, and vultures do not live together in herds, droves or flocks. Of all animals of prey, man is the only sociable one. Every one of us preys upon his neighbor, and yet we herd together.
I must have women - there is nothing unbends the mind like them.
Gamesters and highwaymen are generally very good to their whores, but they are very devils to their wives.
