some quotes

The following quotes are from three of the plays that I have been reading for Romlit this year (A Bold Stroke for a Husband, Blue-Beard, Timour the Tartar

Yes, he has a very pretty kind of conversation; 'tis like a parenthesis[...] it might all be left out, and never miss'd.

One may as well marry a looking-glass as a woman who constantly reflects back one's own sentiments, and one's own whims.

Nay, we want no thanks. Men are unworthy of succour in their own time of need, who will not be active to relieve the sufferings of their fellows.

Ah! Believe me, 'tis only in the Cottage, that real Happiness resides. Desolate with snow, or terrible with fire, on the haughty Mountain's Summit never yet did flower bloom: the Rose and the Violet are only found in the lowly verdant valley!