George Etherege

"Next to the coming to a good understanding with a new mistress, I love a quarrel with an old one."

"When love grows diseased, the best thing we can do is to put it to a violent death. I cannot endure the torture of a lingering and consumptive passion."

"Writing, madam, is a mechanic part of wit. A gentleman should never go beyond a song or a billet."

"I know all beyond High Park's a desert to you."