Patience is a flatterer, sir, and an ass, sir.
Affectation hath always had a greater share both in the action and discourse of men than truth and judgment have.
Oh, what a dear ravishing thing is the beginning of an Amour!
All I ask, is the privilege for my masculine part the poet in me.... If I must not, because of my sex, have this freedom... I lay down my quill and you shall hear no more of me.
Love's a thin Diet, nor will keep out Cold.
That perfect tranquillity of life, which is nowhere to be found but in retreat, a faithful friend and a good library.