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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!

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

Losers must have leave to speak.

Thou strange piece of wild nature!

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

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

Ah! good Sir! no Whores before Dinner, I beseech you.
[Love's Last Shift]

The happy have whole days,

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

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

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

So mourn'd the dame of Ephesus her love.

It takes time for the absent to assume their true shape in our thoughts. After death they take on a firmer outline and then cease to change.

Stolen sweets are best.

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

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

A weak invention of the Enemy.

Words are but empty thanks.

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

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!

Possession is eleven points in the law.

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

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