George Farquhar

“When the blind lead the blind, no wonder they both fall into - matrimony.”

“There is no scandal like rags, nor any crime so shameful as poverty.”

“We love the precepts for the teacher's sake.”

“Grant me some wild expressions, Heavens, or I shall burst.”

“Poetry is a mere drug, Sir.”

“Those who know the least obey the best.”

“I have fed purely upon ale; I have eat my ale, drank my ale, and I always sleep upon ale.”

“Necessity, the mother of invention.”

“Charming women can true converts make, We love the precepts for the teacher's sake.”

“Captain is a good travelling name and so I take it.”

“We are the men of intrinsic value, who can strike our fortunes out of ourselves, whose worth is independent of accidents in life, or revolutions in government: we have heads to get money, and hearts to spend it.”

“I believe they talked of me, for they laughed consumedly.”

“Crimes, like virtues, are their own rewards.”

“Spare all I have, and take my life.”

“Money is the sinews of love, as of war.”