Hunger, revenge, to sleep are petty foes, But only death the jealous eyes can close. – William Wycherley
Wit is more necessary than beauty and I think no young woman ugly that has it, and no handsome woman agreeable without it. – William Wycherley
For your own sake you should give her a new gown; for variety of dresses rouses desire, and makes an old mistress seem every day a new one. – William Wycherley
I have heard people eat most heartily of another mans meat, that is, what they do not pay for. – William Wycherley
Contemplative and bookish men must of necessity be more quarrelsome than others, because they contend not about matter of fact, nor can determine their controversies by any certain witnesses, nor judges. But as long as they go towards peace, that is Truth, it is no matter which way. – John Donne