O Polly, you might have toyed and kissed, by keeping men off, you keep them on.
John Gay

We only part to meet again.
John Gay

She who has never loved has never lived.
John Gay

Lions, wolves, and vultures don't live together in herds, droves or flocks. Of all animals of prey, man is the only sociable one. Every one of us preys upon his neighbor, and yet we herd together.
John Gay

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

Tell me and I forget. Show me and I remember. Involve me and I understand.
John Gay

What then in love can woman do? If we grow fond they shun us. And when we fly them, they pursue: But leave us when they've won us.
John Gay

A rich rogue nowadays is fit company for any gentleman; and the world, my dear, hath not such a contempt for roguery as you imagine.
John Gay