They dream in courtship, but in wedlock wake. Alexander Pope
Those Marriages generally abound most with Love and Constancy, that are preceded by a long Courtship. Joseph Addison
Courtship is to marriage, as a very witty prologue to a very dull play. William Congreve
Courtship consists in a number of quiet attentions, not so pointed as to alarm, nor so vague as not to be understood. Laurence Sterne
Flattery in courtship is the highest insolence, for whilst it pretends to bestow on you more than you deserve, it is watching an opportunity to take from you what you really have. Sarah Fielding
