Women like flames have a destroying power; never to be quenched till they themselves devour.
William CongreveAll well bred persons lie - Besides, you are a woman; you must never speak what you think.
William CongreveShe once used me with that insolence, that in revenge I took her to pieces; sifted her, and separated her failings; I studied 'em, and got 'em by rote. The catalogue was so large, that I was not without hopes, one day or other to hate her heartily.
William CongreveThey come together like the Coroner's Inquest, to sit upon the murdered reputations of the week.
William Congreve