Susanna Centlivre Quotes & Sayings

Nobody can boast of Honesty till they are try'd. — Susanna Centlivre

Lying is a thriving vocation. — Susanna Centlivre

A Man that wants Money thinks none can be unhappy that has it ... — Susanna Centlivre

And lash the vice and follies of the age. — Susanna Centlivre

Want is the mistress of invention — Susanna Centlivre

Friendship's a noble name, 'tis love refined. — Susanna Centlivre

Tis the defect of age to rail at the pleasures of youth. — Susanna Centlivre

It's my opinion every man cheats in his way, and he is only honest who of discovered. — Susanna Centlivre

I always lov'd Precaution, and took care to avoid Dangers. But when a thing was past, I ever had Philosophy to be easie. — Susanna Centlivre

All policies allowed in war and love. — Susanna Centlivre

Tis better never to be named than to be ill spoken of. — Susanna Centlivre

Resolve to be merry though the ship were sinking. — Susanna Centlivre

TOPER. Yesterday I carried to wait on a Relation of ours that has a Parrot, and whilst I was discoursing about some private Business, she converted the Bird, and now it talks of nothing but the Light of the Spirit, and the Inward man. — Susanna Centlivre

My present Profession is Physick - Now, when my Pockets are full, I cure a Patient in three Days; when they are empty, I keep him three Months. — Susanna Centlivre