Aphra Behn Quotes

Variety is the soul of pleasure.

And did with sighs their fate deplore,Since I must shelter them no more;And if before my joys were such,In having heard, and seen too much,My grief must be as great and high,When all abandoned I shall be,Doomed to a silent destiny.

Willmore: There is no sinner like a young saint.

Fantastic fortune thou deceitful light,That cheats the weary traveler by night,Though on a precipice each step you tread,I am resolved to follow where you lead.

The only shame is the sin.

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

You may make love in dancing as well as sitting.

That perfect tranquility of life, which is nowhere to be found but in retreat, a faithful friend and a good library.

There is no sinner like a young saint.

Money speaks sense in a language all nations understand.

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

No friend to Love like a long voyage at sea.

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