Courtship is to marriage, as a very witty prologue to a very dull play.
There is in true beauty, as in courage, something which narrow souls cannot dare to admire.
Never go to bed angry, stay up and fight.
No, I'm no enemy to learning it hurts not me.
'Tis well enough for a servant to be bred at an University. But the education is a little too pedantic for a gentleman.
Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or worthlessness, we are almost impervious to fear.
Say what you will, 'tis better to be left than never to have been loved.
Beauty is the lover's gift.
Music has charms to sooth a savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.