| Quote | Author | Source | Email Quote |
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| "Married in haste, we may repent at leisure." | William Congreve | The Old Bachelor |  |
| " . . . rather courtship to marriage, as a very witty prologue to a very dull play." | William Congreve | The Old Bachelor | |
| "O fie, Miss, you must not kiss and tell." | William Congreve | Love for Love | |
| "He that first cries out stop thief is often he that has stol'n the treasure." | William Congreve | Love for Love | |
| "Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing, and the overtaking and possessing of a wish discovers the folly of the chase." | William Congreve | Love for Love | |
| "Music has charms to soothe a savage breast, To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak." | William Congreve | The Mourning Bride | |
| "Heav'n has no Rage, like Love to Hatred turn'd, Nor Hell a Fury, like a Woman scorn'd." | William Congreve | The Mourning Bride | |
| "I find we are growing serious, and then we are in great danger of being dull." | William Congreve | The Old Bachelor | |
