Wit is more necessary than beauty; and I think no young woman ugly that has it, and no handsome woman agreeable without it.
William Wycherley

Women serve but to keep a man from better company.
William Wycherley

Mistresses are like books; if you pore upon them too much, they doze you and make you unfit for company; but if used discreetly, you are the fitter for conversation by em.
William Wycherley

I have heard people eat most heartily of another man's meat, that is, what they do not pay for.
William Wycherley

Your women of honor, as you call em, are only chary of their reputations, not their persons; and 'Tis scandal that they would avoid, not men.
William Wycherley

He's a fool that marries, but he's a greater that does not marry a fool; what is wit in a wife good for, but to make a man a cuckold?
William Wycherley

A mistress should be like a little country retreat near the town, not to dwell in constantly, but only for a night and away.
William Wycherley