Playwright

There is not a passion so strongly rooted in the human heart as envy.

You know it is not my interest to pay the principal, or my principal to pay the interest.

'Tis safest in matrimony to begin with a little aversion.

For if there is anything to one's praise, it is foolish vanity to be gratified at it, and if it is abuse - why one is always sure to hear of it from one damned good-natured friend or another!

Tuan-tuan yang terhormat berhutang budi pada ingatannya atas lelucon dan imajinasinya atas fakta-faktanya.

Ay, ay, the best terms will grow obsolete: damns have had their day.

Those that vow the most are the least sincere.

Kesopanan adalah kualitas dalam diri seorang kekasih yang lebih diagungkan oleh para wanita dari pada disukai.

My valor is certainly going, it is sneaking off! I feel it oozing out as it were, at the palms of my hands!

Conscience has no more to do with gallantry than it has with politics.

Hati hati; Anda tahu saya kepatuhan itu sendiri, ketika saya tidak digagalkan! Tidak ada yang lebih mudah dipimpin, jika saya memiliki cara saya sendiri; tapi jangan membuatku panik.

The glorious uncertainty of the law was a thing well known and complained of, by all ignorant people, but all learned gentleman considered it as its greatest excellency.

Nilai hidup harus diukur dengan garis yang lebih mulia, yaitu kerja dan bukannya usia.

Modesty is a quality in a lover more praised by the women than liked.

I mean, the question actors most often get asked is how they can bear saying the same things over and over again, night after night, but God knows the answer to that is, don't we all anyway; might as well get paid for it.

Death's a debt; his mandamus binds all alike- no bail, no demurrer.

Cara paling meyakinkan agar kita tidak gagal adalah menentukan keberhasilan.

Pity those who nature abuses; never those who abuse nature.

To smile at the jest which plants a thorn in another's breast is to become a principal in the mischief.

Tidak ada di dunia ini yang mudah untuk dilupakan, jika seseorang memilih untuk mengaturnya. Aku yakin aku telah melupakan pamanmu yang malang dan terkasih, seolah-olah dia tidak pernah ada; dan saya pikir itu tugas saya untuk melakukannya.