William Congreve Quotes

I came upstairs into the world; for I was born in a cellar.

Defer not till tomorrow to be wise, tomorrow`s sun to thee may never rise.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.

All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind.

He that first cries out stop thief, is often he that has stolen the treasure.

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

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

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

Music hath charms to soothe a savage breast, To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.

Courtship is to marriage, as a very witty prologue to a very dull play

Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing, through the overtaking and possessing of a wish discovers the folly of the chase.