I am a fool, I know it; and yet, Heaven help me, I'm poor enough to be a wit.
Every man plays the fool once in his live, but to marry is playing the fool all one's life long.
I know thatโs a secret, for itโs whispered everywhere.
Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or worthlessness, we are almost impervious to fear.
A little scorn is alluring.
It is the business of a comic poet to paint the vices and follies of human kind.