John Gay Quotations | Page 2

Lest men suspect your tale untrue, Keep probability in view.

Gulliver was soon being read "from the cabinet council to the nursery".

Of all mechanics, of all servile handycrafts-men, a gamester is the vilest. But yet, as many of the quality are of the profession, he is admitted amongst the politest company.

Fair words cost nothing.

Lions, wolves, and vultures don't live together in herds, droves or flocks. Of all animals of prey, man is the only sociable one. Every one of us preys upon his neighbor, and yet we herd together.

The careful insect 'midst his works I view, Now from the flowers exhaust the fragrant dew, With golden treasures load his little thighs, And steer his distant journey through the skies.

Can you support the expense of a husband, hussy, in gaming, drinking and whoring? Have you money enough to carry on the daily quarrels of man and wife about who shall squander most?

When we risk no contradiction, It prompts the tongue to deal in fiction.

The fly that sips treacle is lost in the sweets.

By outward show let's not be cheated; An ass should like an ass be treated.