When lovely woman stoops to folly, and finds too late that men betray, what charm can soothe her melancholy, what art can wash her guilt away?
Oliver GoldsmithTrue generosity is a duty as indispensably necessary as those imposed on us by law.
Oliver GoldsmithHer modest looks the cottage might adorn, Sweet as the primrose peeps beneath the thorn.
Oliver GoldsmithPopular glory is a perfect coquette; her lovers must toil, feel every inquietude, indulge every caprice, and perhaps at last be jilted into the bargain. True glory, on the other hand, resembles a woman of sense; her admirers must play no tricks. They feel no great anxiety, for they are sure in the end of being rewarded in proportion to their merit.
Oliver Goldsmith