William CongreveThinkers

Beauty is the lover's gift.

Courtship is that period which is to marriage, as a very witty prologue to a very dull play.

Dreaming is the poor retreat of the lazy, hopeless and imperfect lover.

Drink is a Christian diversion, unknown to the turk or persian.

Grief treads upon the heels of pleasure.

Marriage is best not jumpted into overly fast — Married in haste, we may repent at leisure.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.

A Quotation collection is compiled by a retailer of phrases, one who deals in remnants of remnants.

Security is an insipid thing. Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life.

Ugliness is sobering. Some women are the antidote to desire.