A man is always afraid of a woman that loves him too much

— John Gay

A miss for pleasure and a wife for breed.

— John Gay

Envy is a kind of praise.

— John Gay

Follow love, and it will flee, flee love and it will follow thee.

— John Gay

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

— John Gay

The comfortable estate of widowhood is the only hope that keeps up a wife's spirits.

— John Gay

There is no dependence that can be sure, but a dependence upon one's self.

— John Gay

We only part to meet again.

— John Gay

Who friendship with a knave hath made is judged a partner in the trade.

— John Gay

Who friendship with a knave hath made Is judged a partner in the trade.

— John Gay