Quotes from Colley Cibber

The happy have whole days, and those they choose. The unhappy have but hours, and those they lose.

You know, one had as good be out of the world, as out of the fashion.

Thou strange piece of wild nature!

Prithee don't screw your wit beyond the compass of good manners.

What have I done? What horrid crime committed? To me the worst of crimes-outliv'd my liking.

Banish that fear; my flame can never waste, For love sincere refines upon the taste.

So mourn'd the dame of Ephesus her love.

Cost little less than new before they're ended.

Possession is eleven points in the law.

Oh! How many torments lie in the small circle of a wedding ring.

We shall find no fiend in hell can match the fury of a disappointed woman; scorned, slighted, dismissed without a parting pang.

This business will never hold water.

Tea! Thou soft, thou sober, sage, and venerable Liquid, thou innocent Pretence for bringing the Wicked of both Sexes together in a Morning; thou Female Tongue-running, Smile-smoothing, Heart-opening, Wink-tippling Cordial, to whose glorious Insipidity I owe the happiest Moment of my Life, let me fall prostrate thus, and s—p, s—p, s—p, thus adore thee.

Off with his head—so much for Buckingham.

Possession is eleven points in the law.

As good be out of the world as out of the fashion.

Stolen sweets are best.

Perish the thought!

Old houses mended, cost little less than new before they're ended.

Our hours in love have wings in absence, crutches.

We shall find no fiend in hell can match the fury of a disappointed woman,scorned, slighted, dismissed without a parting pang.

Thou strange piece of wild nature!

The happy have whole days, and those they choose. The unhappy have but hours, and those they lose.

Tea! Thou soft, thou sober, sage and venerable liquid ... to whose glorious insipidity, I owe the happiest moments of my life, let me fall prostrate.