“The lover in the husband may be lost.”
George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton
Source: Advice to a Lady (1731), Line 112.
George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton , known as Sir George Lyttelton, Bt between 1751 and 1756, was a British statesman. As an author himself, he was also the supporter of other writers and as a patron of the arts made an important contribution to the development of 18th century landscape design.

“The lover in the husband may be lost.”
George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton
Source: Advice to a Lady (1731), Line 112.
George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton
Prologue to Thomson's Coriolanus; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“Where none admire, 't is useless to excel;
Where none are beaux, 't is vain to be a belle.”
George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton
Soliloquy on a Beauty in the Country; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“How much the wife is dearer than the bride.”
George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton
An Irregular Ode; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton
Song; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“Women, like princes, find few real friends.”
George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton
Advice to a Lady (1731)
“None without hope e'er lov'd the brightest fair,
But love can hope where reason would despair.”
George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton
Epigram; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).