Aphra Behn citations

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

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

“Money speaks sense in a language all nations understand.”

“Variety is the soul of pleasure.”

“A poet is a painter in his way, he draws to the life, but in another kind; we draw the nobler part, the soul and the mind; the pictures of the pen shall outlast those of the pencil, and even worlds themselves.”

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

“Come away; poverty's catching.”

“No friend to Love like a long voyage at sea.”

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

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

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

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

“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.”