Custom, madam, is the law of fools, but it shall never govern me. John Vanbrugh More Quotes by John Vanbrugh More Quotes From John Vanbrugh Once a woman has given you her heart, you can never get rid of the rest of her. John Vanbrugh given heart sex Virtue is its own reward. There's a pleasure in doing good which sufficiently pays itself. John Vanbrugh rewards pay history No man is worth having is true to his wife, or can be true to his wife, or ever was, or ever will be so. John Vanbrugh infidelity wife men Friendship's said to be a plant of tedious growth, its root composed of tender fibers, nice in their taste, cautious in spreading. John Vanbrugh nice roots friendship Good manners and soft words have brought many a difficult thing to pass. John Vanbrugh good-man ethics justice Love's like virtue, its own reward. John Vanbrugh rewards virtue love As if a woman of education bought things because she wanted 'em. John Vanbrugh ems ifs wanted Let our weakness be what it will, mankind will still be weaker; and whilst there is a world, 'tis woman that will govern it. John Vanbrugh women weakness world A slighted woman knows no bounds. John Vanbrugh slighted bounds knows True virtue, wheresoever it moves, still carries an intrinsic worth about it. John Vanbrugh virtue stills moving We're gaily yet, we're gaily yet, John Vanbrugh bits drinking We gentlemen, whose chariot's roll only upon the four aces, are apt to have a wheel out of order. John Vanbrugh four gentleman order He laughs best who laughs last. John Vanbrugh laughter lasts laughing Thinking is to me the greatest fatigue in the world. John Vanbrugh fatigue world thinking The want of a thing is perplexing enough, but the possession of it, is intolerable. John Vanbrugh enough want desire Tho marriage be a lottery in which there are a wondrous many blanks, yet there is one inestimable lot in which the only heaven on earth is written. John Vanbrugh written earth heaven Custom is the law of fools. John Vanbrugh customs fool law If women were humbler, men would be honester. John Vanbrugh honest would-be men Repentance for past crimes is just and easy; but sin-no-more's a task too hard for mortals John Vanbrugh sin tasks past Love, like virtue, is its own reward. John Vanbrugh rewards virtue love
