You may build castles in the air, and fume, and fret, and grow thin and lean, and pale and ugly, if you please. But I tell you, no man worth having is true to his wife, or can be true to his wife, or ever was, or will be so. 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 givenheartsex Virtue is its own reward. There's a pleasure in doing good which sufficiently pays itself. John Vanbrugh rewardspayhistory 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 infidelitywifemen 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 nicerootsfriendship Good manners and soft words have brought many a difficult thing to pass. John Vanbrugh good-manethicsjustice Love's like virtue, its own reward. John Vanbrugh rewardsvirtuelove As if a woman of education bought things because she wanted 'em. John Vanbrugh emsifswanted 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 womenweaknessworld A slighted woman knows no bounds. John Vanbrugh slightedboundsknows True virtue, wheresoever it moves, still carries an intrinsic worth about it. John Vanbrugh virtuestillsmoving We're gaily yet, we're gaily yet, John Vanbrugh bitsdrinking We gentlemen, whose chariot's roll only upon the four aces, are apt to have a wheel out of order. John Vanbrugh fourgentlemanorder He laughs best who laughs last. John Vanbrugh laughterlastslaughing Custom, madam, is the law of fools, but it shall never govern me. John Vanbrugh customsfoollaw Thinking is to me the greatest fatigue in the world. John Vanbrugh fatigueworldthinking The want of a thing is perplexing enough, but the possession of it, is intolerable. John Vanbrugh enoughwantdesire 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 writtenearthheaven Custom is the law of fools. John Vanbrugh customsfoollaw If women were humbler, men would be honester. John Vanbrugh honestwould-bemen Repentance for past crimes is just and easy; but sin-no-more's a task too hard for mortals John Vanbrugh sintaskspast
