Quotessence
Home / Books / Dramatic Works with Biographical and Critical Notices by Leigh Hunt. - London, Moxon 1840

Dramatic Works with Biographical and Critical Notices by Leigh Hunt. - London, Moxon 1840

Book by William Congreve · 5 quotes · Men, Heart, Expectations

Filter quotes by topic

Dramatic Works with Biographical and Critical Notices by Leigh Hunt. - London, Moxon 1840 Quotes

“You may build castles in the air, and fume, and fret, and grow thin and lean, and pale and ugly, if you please. But I tell you, no man worth having is true to his wife, or can be true to his wife, or ever was, or will be so.”

“We are the men of intrinsic value, who can strike our fortunes out of ourselves, whose worth is independent of accidents in life, or revolutions in government: we have heads to get money, and hearts to spend it.”