1640-1716, British Dramatist
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 – [Adultery]
Good fellowship and friendship are lasting, rational and manly pleasures.
William Wycherley – [Friends and Friendship]
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 – [Wives]
I have heard people eat most heartily of another man's meat, that is, what they do not pay for.
William Wycherley – [Hospitality]
I weigh the man, not his title; 'tis not the king's stamp can make the metal better.
William Wycherley – [Rank]
Marrying to increase love is like gaming to become rich; alas, you only lose what little stock you had before.
William Wycherley – [Marriage]
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 – [Lovers]
Thy books should, like thy friends, not many be, yet such wherein men may thy judgment see.
William Wycherley – [Books and Reading]
Women of quality are so civil, you can hardly distinguish love from good breeding.
William Wycherley – [Women]
Women serve but to keep a man from better company.
William Wycherley – [Men and Women]
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 – [Reputation]