William Wycherley quotes

" Good fellowship and friendship are lasting, rational and manly pleasures. " # Friends and Friendship # Freedom # Power

" I have heard people eat most heartily of another man's meat, that is, what they do not pay for. " # Hospitality # Food and Eating # Cities and City Life

" 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. " # Lovers # Books - Reading # Conversation

" Marrying to increase love is like gaming to become rich; alas, you only lose what little stock you had before. " # Marriage # Love # Riches

" Women serve but to keep a man from better company. " # Men and Women # Women # Company

" I weigh the man, not his title; 'tis not the king's stamp can make the metal better. " # Rank # Kings # Death and Dying

" Your women of honor, as you call em, are only chary of their reputations, not their persons; and 'Tis scandal that they would avoid, not men. " # Reputation # Scandal # Men and Women

" Thy books should, like thy friends, not many be, yet such wherein men may thy judgment see. " # Books - Reading # Friends and Friendship # Judgment and Judges

" He's a fool that marries, but he's a greater that does not marry a fool; what is wit in a wife good for, but to make a man a cuckold? " # Wives # Marriage # Fools and Foolishness

" Women of quality are so civil, you can hardly distinguish love from good breeding. " # Women # Love # Men and Women