Hannah Cowley (writer)

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“It requires genius to make a good pun—some men of bright parts can't reach it.”

“Every body about me seem'd happy—but every body seem'd in a hurry to be happy somewhere else.”

“Vanity, like murder, will out.”

“Five minutes! Zounds! I have been five minutes too late all my life-time!”

“Love has forc'd Heroes to forget their valour, and Philosophers their systems—no wonder he shou'd make a Woman forget her wrinkles.”

“Your great spirits are mere Jack-a-lanterns in the brain—they dance about, shine, and make vagaries—while those who possess happiness, soberly and quietly enjoy their treasure.”

“His ardent looks—his sighs—his consusion—his respectful attentions, have a thousand times profess'd the strongest passion—Surely, a man cannot in honour, be exculpated, who by such methods defrauds a Woman of her heart.”

“Secrets are pleasant to each child of Eve.”

“But what is Woman?—only one of Nature's agreeable blunders.”