Beauty is the lover's gift.
William Congreve

Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.
William Congreve

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

Music hath charms to soothe a savage beast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.
William Congreve

I know that's a secret, for it's whispered every where.
William Congreve

I find we are growing serious, and then we are in great danger of being dull.
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

Never go to bed angry, stay up and fight.
William Congreve