John Gay Hath Quotations

Corruption's not for modern date; It hath been tried in ev'ry state

How the mother is to be pitied who hath handsome daughters! Locks, bolts, bars, and lectures of morality are nothing to them: they break through them all. They have as much pleasure in cheating a father and mother, as in cheating at cards.

The child whom many fathers share hath seldom known a father's care