Colley Cibber Quotes

Tea! Thou soft, thou sober, sage, and venerable liquid, thou innocent pretence for bringing the wicked of both sexes together in a morning; thou female tongue-running, smile-smoothing, heart- opening, wink-tipping cordial, to whose glorious insipidity I owe the happiest moment of my life, let me fall prostrate thus, and … adore thee.

Oh, how many torments lie in the small circle of a wedding ring!

Old houses mended,
Cost little less than new before they're ended.

This business will never hold water.

Our hours in love have wings; in absence, crutches.

Words are but empty thanks.

Possession is eleven points in the law.

We shall find no fiend in hell can match the fury of a disappointed woman,—scorned, slighted, dismissed without a parting pang.

Prithee don’t screw your wit beyond the compass of good manners.

As good be out of the world as out of the fashion.