Say what you will, 'tis better to be left than never to have been loved.
William Congreve

She likes herself, yet others hates, For that which in herself she prizes; And while she laughs at them, forgets She is the thing that she despises.
William Congreve

There is in true beauty, as in courage, something which narrow souls cannot dare to admire.
William Congreve

They are at the end of the gallery; retired to their tea and scandal, according to their ancient custom.
William Congreve

They come together like the Coroner's Inquest, to sit upon the murdered reputations of the week.
William Congreve

'Tis well enough for a servant to be bred at an University. But the education is a little too pedantic for a gentleman.
William Congreve

To find a young fellow that is neither a wit in his own eye, nor a fool in the eye of the world, is a very hard task.
William Congreve

Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing.
William Congreve

Wit must be foiled by wit: cut a diamond with a diamond.
William Congreve

You are a woman: you must never speak what you think; your words must contradict your thoughts, but your actions may contradict your words.
William Congreve