Colley Cibber Quotes

Oh! How many torments lie in the small circle of a wedding ring.

We shall find no fiend in hell can match the fury of a disappointed woman; scorned, slighted, dismissed without a parting pang.

Prithee don't screw your wit beyond the compass of good manners.

Old houses mended, Cost little less than new before they're ended.

You know, one had as good be out of the world, as out of the fashion.

The aspiring youth that fired the Ephesian domeOutlives in fame the pious fool that rais'd it.

A weak invention of the Enemy.

The happy have whole days.

Oh, say! what is that thing call'd light, Which I must ne'er enjoy? What are the blessings of the sight? Oh, tell your poor blind boy!

Losers must have leave to speak.

Wit is the most rascally, contemptible, beggarly thing on the face of the earth.

The happy have whole days, and those they choose. The unhappy have but hours, and those they lose.

Banish that fear; my flame can never waste, For love sincere refines upon the taste.

Stolen sweets are best.

Possession is eleven points in the law.

What have I done? What horrid crime committed? To me the worst of crimes-outliv'd my liking.

Then let not what I cannot have My cheer of mind destroy. Whilst thus I sing, I am a king, Although a poor blind boy!

So mourn'd the dame of Ephesus her love.

Words are but empty thanks.

Faint is the bliss, that never past thro' pain.

Who fears t' offend takes the first step to please.

Cost little less than new before they're ended.

The happy have whole days, and those they choose.The unhappy have but hours, and those they lose.

Oh! How many torments lie in the small circle of a wedding-ring!