Courtship is to marriage, as a very witty prologue to a very dull play.

I know that’s a secret, for it’s whispered everywhere.

Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing.

A hungry wolf at all the herd will run, In hopes, through many, to make sure of one.

Every man plays the fool once in his live, but to marry is playing the fool all one's life long.

Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or worthlessness, we are almost impervious to fear.

A wit should no more be sincere, than a woman constant; one argues a decay of parts, as to other of beauty.