Poets, like whores, are only hated by each other.
Poets, like friends to whom you are in debt, you hate.
I have heard people eat most heartily of another man's meat, that is, what they do not pay for.
A good name is seldom got by giving it oneself.
Marrying to increase love is like gaming to become rich; alas, you only lose what little stock you had before.
Mistresses are like books; if you pore upon them too much, they doze you and make you unfit for company; but if used discreetly, you are the fitter for conversation by em.