222 Quotes by John Gay

The comfortable estate of widowhood is the only hope that keeps up a wife's spirits.

Whoever heard a man of fortune in England talk of the necessaries of life? . . . Whether we can afford it or no, we must have superfluities.

There is no dependence that can be sure but a dependence upon one's self.

Some folks of cider make a rout And cider's well enough no doubt When better liquors fail; But wine, that's richer, better still, Ev'n wine itself (deny't who will) Must yield to nappy ale

'T is woman that seduces all mankind; By her we first were taught the wheedling arts.

I must have women - there is nothing unbends the mind like them.

Give me, kind heaven, a private station, a mind serene for contemplation.

No retreat. No retreat. They must conquer or die who've no retreat.

Nor love, not honor, wealth nor power, can give the heart a cheerful hour when health is lost. Be timely wise; With health all taste of pleasure flies.