Next to the pleasure of finding a new mistress is that of being rid of an old one.
- William Wycherley
New, Next, Mistress, Old One
A mistress should be like a little country retreat near the town, not to dwell in constantly, but only for a night and away.
- William Wycherley
Country, Away, Town, Mistress
Go to your business, pleasure, whilst I go to my pleasure, business.
- William Wycherley
Business, Pleasure, Go, Whilst
Marrying to increase love is like gaming to become rich; alas, you only lose what little stock you had before.
- William Wycherley
Love, Gaming, Like, Love Is
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.
- William Wycherley
Used, Like, Them, Mistresses
Women of quality are so civil, you can hardly distinguish love from good breeding.
- William Wycherley
Love, Good, Distinguish, Hardly
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.
- William Wycherley
Honor, Your, Reputations, Tis
I weigh the man, not his title; 'tis not the king's stamp can make the metal better.
- William Wycherley
Better, Weigh, His, Tis
Hunger, revenge, to sleep are petty foes, But only death the jealous eyes can close.
- William Wycherley
Sleep, Jealousy, Jealous, Petty
Bluster, sputter, question, cavil; but be sure your argument be intricate enough to confound the court.
- William Wycherley
Question, Argument, Sure, Intricate
Good fellowship and friendship are lasting, rational and manly pleasures.
- William Wycherley
Friendship, Manly, Pleasures, Rational
I have heard people eat most heartily of another man's meat, that is, what they do not pay for.
- William Wycherley
Meat, Another, Most, Heartily
Wit is more necessary than beauty; and I think no young woman ugly that has it, and no handsome woman agreeable without it.
- William Wycherley
Handsome, Think, I Think, Young Woman
Poets, like friends to whom you are in debt, you hate.
- William Wycherley
Hate, Like, Whom, Poets
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?
- William Wycherley
Wife, Fool, Does, Wit
Come, for my part I will have only those glorious, manly pleasures of being very drunk, and very slovenly.
- William Wycherley
Will, Part, Very, Slovenly
Thy books should, like thy friends, not many be, yet such wherein men may thy judgment see.
- William Wycherley
Like, May, Thy, Wherein
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