George farquhar

Necessity, the mother of invention.

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

Spare all I have, and take my life.

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

We love the precepts for the teacher's sake.

We are the men of intrinsic value, who can strike our fortunes out of ourselves, whose worth is independent of accidents in life, or revolutions in government: we have heads to get money, and hearts...

Crimes, like virtues, are their own rewards.

Money is the sinews of love, as of war.

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

Poetry is a mere drug, Sir.