Classic Quotes by Colley Cibber (1671-1757) English actor, playwright
We shall find no fiend in hell can match the fury of a disappointed woman, scorned, slighted, dismissed without a parting pang.
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Possession is eleven points in the law.
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"Tea! thou soft, sober, sage and venerable liquid;- thou female tongue-running, smile-smoothing, heart-opening, wink-tippling cordial, to whose glorious insipidity I owe the happiest moment of my life, let me fall prostrate"
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It takes time for the absent to assume their true shape in our thoughts. After death they take on a firmer outline and then cease to change.
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Oh! how many torments lie in the small circle of a wedding ring.
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Prithee don't screw your wit beyond the compass of good manners.
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Thou strange piece of wild nature!
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You know, one had as good be out of the world, as out of the fashion.
