Quotes by Wycherley, William

"Good fellowship and friendship are lasting, rational and manly pleasures."

Wycherley, William on friends and friendship   

"I have heard people eat most heartily of another man's meat, that is, what they do not pay for."

Wycherley, William on hospitality   

"Mistresses are like books; if you pore upon them too much, they doze you and make you unfit for company; but if used discreetly, you are the fitter for conversation by em."

Wycherley, William on love   

"Marrying to increase love is like gaming to become rich; alas, you only lose what little stock you had before."

Wycherley, William on marriage   

"Women serve but to keep a man from better company."

Wycherley, William on women   

"I weigh the man, not his title; 'tis not the king's stamp can make the metal better."

Wycherley, William on rank   

"Your women of honor, as you call em, are only chary of their reputations, not their persons; and 'Tis scandal that they would avoid, not men."

Wycherley, William on reputation   

"Thy books should, like thy friends, not many be, yet such wherein men may thy judgment see."

Wycherley, William on books - reading   

"He's a fool that marries, but he's a greater that does not marry a fool; what is wit in a wife good for, but to make a man a cuckold?"

Wycherley, William on wives   

"Women of quality are so civil, you can hardly distinguish love from good breeding."

Wycherley, William on women   

"A mistress should be like a little country retreat near the town, not to dwell in constantly, but only for a night and away."

Wycherley, William on adultery