George Farquhar

Captain is a good travelling name and so I take it.

There's no scandal like rags, nor any crime so shameful as poverty.

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.

There is no scandal like rags, nor any crime so shameful as poverty.

When the blind lead the blind, no wonder they both fall into - matrimony.

I have fed purely upon ale; I have eat my ale, drank my ale, and I always sleep upon ale.

Money is the sinews of love, as of war.

Grant me some wild expressions, Heavens, or I shall burst.

Spare all I have, and take my life.

Poetry is a mere drug, Sir.

Crimes, like virtues, are their own rewards.

Those who know the least obey the best.

Charming women can true converts make, We love the precepts for the teacher's sake.

Necessity, the mother of invention.

We love the precepts for the teacher's sake.

I believe they talked of me, for they laughed consumedly.