John Gay

"How happy I am, if you say this from your heart! For I love thee so, that I could sooner bear to see thee hang'd than in the Arms of another."

"If love be not his Guide, He never will come back!"

"The charge is prepar'd, the lawyers are met, The judges all ranged,—a terrible show!"

"Fill it up. I take as large draughts of liquor as I did of love. I hate a flincher in either."

"I don't enquire after your Affairs-- --so whatever happens, I wash my hands on't---- It hath always been my Maxim, that one Friend should assist another-- --But if you please----I'll take one of the Scarfs home with me. 'Tis always good to have something in Hand."

"The charge is prepared; the lawyers are met; The judges all ranged (a terrible show!) I go, undismay'd.—For death is a debt, A debt on demand.—So take what I owe."