It is not my interest to pay the principal, nor my principle to pay the interest.
Richard Brinsley SheridanSheer necessity,-the proper parent of an art so nearly allied to invention.
Richard Brinsley SheridanI'm called away by particular business - but I leave my character behind me
Richard Brinsley SheridanNay, but Jack, such eyes! such eyes! so innocently wild! so bashfully irresolute! Not a glance but speaks and kindles some thought of love! Then, Jack, her cheeks! her cheeks, Jack! so deeply blushing at the insinuations of her tell-tale eyes! Then, Jack, her lips! O, Jack, lips smiling at their own discretion! and, if not smiling, more sweetly pouting - more lovely in sullenness! Then, Jack, her neck! O, Jack, Jack!
Richard Brinsley Sheridan