166 Quotes by William Congreve

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

Music has charms to soothe a savage beast.

He that first cries out "stop thief" is often he that has stolen the treasure.

For blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds, And though a late, a sure reward succeeds.

Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing, though the overtaking and possessing of a wish discovers the folly of the chase.

A fellow who lives in a windmill has not a more whimsical dwelling than the heart of a man that is lodged in a woman.

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

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.

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