Top 15 Aphra Behn Quotes

British playwright, poet and spy (1640–1689)

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Aphra Behn (née Aphra Johnson) (July 10 1640 – April 16 1689) was a prolific Restoration dramatist and writer of amatory fiction. She is believed to be the first English professional woman writer.

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Pen Names: Astrea

Birth Name: Aphra Johnson

Alternative Names: Afra Behn

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He that knew all that ever Learning writ,
Knew only this - that he knew nothing yet.

Each moment of the happy lover's hour is worth an age of dull and common life.

…that perfect Tranquillity of Life, which is no where to be found, but in retreat, a faithful Friend and a good Library…

Nothing is more capable of troubling our reason, and consuming our health, than secret notions of jealousy in solitude.

Oh what a dear ravishing thing is the beginning of an Amour!

Love ceases to be a pleasure when it ceases to be a secret.

Faith, sir, we are here today, and gone tomorrow.

A brave world, sir, full of religion, knavery, and change: we shall shortly see better days.

One hour of right-down love is worth an age of dully living on.

Money speaks sense in a language all nations understand.

Come away; poverty's catching.

Variety is the soul of pleasure.

Patience is a flatterer, sir, and an ass, sir.

There's no sinner like a young saint.

No friend to Love like a long voyage at sea.