Captain is a good travelling name and so I take it.
– George Farquhar
Crimes, like virtues, are their own rewards.
– George Farquhar
Grant me some wild expressions, Heavens, or I shall burst.
– George Farquhar
I believe they talked of me, for they laughed consumedly.
– George Farquhar
I have fed purely upon ale; I have eat my ale, drank my ale, and I always sleep upon ale.
– George Farquhar
Money is the sinews of love, as of war.
– George Farquhar
There's no scandal like rags, nor any crime so shameful as poverty.
– George Farquhar
Those who know the least obey the best.
– George Farquhar
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 to spend it.
– George Farquhar
When the blind lead the blind, no wonder they both fall into - matrimony.
– George Farquhar
Poetry is a mere drug, Sir.
– George Farquhar
Charming women can true converts make, We love the precepts for the teacher's sake.