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

Quote by Aphra Behn

Topics: Friends Quotes, Libraries Quotes, Tranquility Quotes

Money speaks sense in a language all nations understand.

Money speaks sense in a language all nations understand.

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

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

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

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

Patience is a flatterer, sir and an ass, sir

Patience is a flatterer, sir and an ass, sir

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

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

That perfect tranquillity of life, which is nowhere to be found but in retreat, a...

That perfect tranquillity of life, which is nowhere to be found but in retreat, a...

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

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

He that knew all that learning ever writ, Knew only this - that he knew...

He that knew all that learning ever writ, Knew only this - that he knew...

Variety is the soul of pleasure.

Variety is the soul of pleasure.

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

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

One hour of right-down love is worth an age of dully living on.

One hour of right-down love is worth an age of dully living on.

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

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

Variety is the soul of pleasure.

Variety is the soul of pleasure.

There is no sinner like a young saint.

There is no sinner like a young saint.

Come away; poverty's catching

Come away; poverty's catching

Nothing is more capable of troubling our reason, and consuming our health, than secret notions...

Nothing is more capable of troubling our reason, and consuming our health, than secret notions...

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

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

I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and...

I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and...

I love grocery shopping when I'm home. That's what makes me feel totally normal. I...

I love grocery shopping when I'm home. That's what makes me feel totally normal. I...

I have had friends who have acted kindly towards me, and it has been my...

I have had friends who have acted kindly towards me, and it has been my...

Your library is your portrait.

Your library is your portrait.

Tranquility is the old man's milk

Tranquility is the old man's milk