Music has charms to soothe a savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak. I've read that things inanimate have moved, and, as with living souls, have been inform'd, by magic numbers and persuasive sound.
William CongreveTo find a young fellow that is neither a wit in his own eye, nor a fool in the eye of the world, is a very hard task.
William CongreveWomen like flames have a destroying power; never to be quenched till they themselves devour.
William Congreve