Ceremony and great professing renders friendship as much suspect as it does religion. — William Wycherley
Conversation augments pleasure and diminishes pain by our having shares in either; — William Wycherley
Thy books should, like thy friends, not many be/Yet such wherein men may thy judgment see. — William Wycherley
I weigh the man, not his title; ’tis not the king’s stamp can make the metal better. — William Wycherley
I weigh the man, not his title; ’tis not the king’s stamp can make the metal better. — William Wycherley
A mistress should be like a little country retreat near the town, not to dwell in constantly — William Wycherley
Thy books should, like thy friends, not many be, yet such wherein men may thy judgment see. — William Wycherley
Next to the pleasure of finding a new mistress is that of being rid of an old one. — William Wycherley
Marrying to increase love is like gaming to become rich; alas, you only lose what little stock you had before. — William Wycherley
I have heard people eat most heartily of another man’s meat, that is, what they do not pay for. — William Wycherley
Hunger, revenge, to sleep are petty foes, but only death the jealous eyes can close. — William Wycherley
Your women of honor, as you call em, are only chary of their reputations, not their persons; and — William Wycherley
Women of quality are so civil, you can hardly distinguish love from good breeding. — William Wycherley