Captain is a good travelling name and so I take it.

Quote by George Farquhar

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We love the precepts for the teacher's sake.

We love the precepts for the teacher's sake.

Charming women can true converts make, We love the precepts for the teacher's sake.

Charming women can true converts make, We love the precepts for the teacher's sake.

I have fed purely upon ale; I have eat my ale, drank my ale, and...

I have fed purely upon ale; I have eat my ale, drank my ale, and...

Crimes, like virtues, are their own rewards.

Crimes, like virtues, are their own rewards.

We are the men of intrinsic value, who can strike our fortunes out of ourselves,...

We are the men of intrinsic value, who can strike our fortunes out of ourselves,...

There's no scandal like rags, nor any crime so shameful as poverty.

There's no scandal like rags, nor any crime so shameful as poverty.

Money is the sinews of love, as of war.

Money is the sinews of love, as of war.

There is no scandal like rags, nor any crime so shameful as poverty.

There is no scandal like rags, nor any crime so shameful as poverty.

I believe they talked of me, for they laughed consumedly.

I believe they talked of me, for they laughed consumedly.

Poetry is a mere drug, Sir.

Poetry is a mere drug, Sir.

Those who know the least obey the best.

Those who know the least obey the best.

Necessity, the mother of invention

Necessity, the mother of invention

Necessity, the mother of invention.

Necessity, the mother of invention.

When the blind lead the blind, no wonder they both fall into - matrimony.

When the blind lead the blind, no wonder they both fall into - matrimony.

Spare all I have, and take my life.

Spare all I have, and take my life.

Grant me some wild expressions, Heavens, or I shall burst.

Grant me some wild expressions, Heavens, or I shall burst.

How a little love and good company improves a woman!

How a little love and good company improves a woman!

If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.

If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.

There is a woman at the begining of all great things.

There is a woman at the begining of all great things.

Life is to be lived. If you have to support yourself, you had bloody well...

Life is to be lived. If you have to support yourself, you had bloody well...