Wit is more necessary than beauty; and I think no young woman ugly that has it, and no handsome woman agreeable without… — William Wycherley Copy Share Image
But methings wit is more necessary than beauty; and I think no young woman ugly that has it, and no handsome woman… — William Wycherley Copy Share Image
A beauty masked, like the sun in eclipse, gathers together more gazers than if it shined out. — William Wycherley Copy Share Image
He's a fool that marries; but he's a greater fool that does not marry a fool. — William Wycherley Copy Share Image
Marrying to increase love is like gaming to become rich; alas, you only lose what little stock you had before. — William Wycherley Copy Share Image
Thy books should, like thy friends, not many be/Yet such wherein men may thy judgment see. — William Wycherley Copy Share Image
Conversation augments pleasure and diminishes pain by our having shares in either; for silent woes are greatest, as silent satisfaction leas; since sometimes our… — William Wycherley Copy Share Image
As wit is too hard for power in council, so power is too hard for wit in action. — William Wycherley Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Go to your business, pleasure, whilst I go to my pleasure, business. — William Wycherley Copy Share Image
I love to be envied, and would not marry a wife that I alone could love; loving alone is as dull as eating alone. — William Wycherley Copy Share Image
Bluster, sputter, question, cavil; but be sure your argument be intricate enough to confound the court. — William Wycherley Copy Share Image
