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• Remote from cities liv'd a swain, Unvex'd with all the cares of gai
  His head was silver'd o'er with age, And long experience made him sage....
• No author ever spar'd a brother.
  -- John Gay (1688-1732) -- Fables, Part i, The Elephant and the Bookselle...
• Those who in quarrels interpose Must often wipe a bloody nose.
  -- John Gay (1688-1732) -- Fables, Part i, The Mastiff...
• And when a lady 's in the case, You know all other things give place.
  -- John Gay (1688-1732) -- Fables, Part i, The Hare and many Friend...
• Is there no hope? the sick man said; The silent doctor shook his head.
  -- John Gay (1688-1732) -- Fables, Part i, The Sick Man and the Angel...
• Lest men suspect your tale untrue, Keep probability in view.
  -- John Gay (1688-1732) -- Fables, Part i, The Painter who pleased Nobody and Everybody...
• Whence is thy learning? Hath thy toil O'er books consum'd the midnight oil?
  -- John Gay (1688-1732) -- Fables, Part i, The Shepherd and the Philosophe...
• Where yet was ever found a mother Who 'd give her booby for another?
  -- John Gay (1688-1732) -- Fables, Part i, The Mother, the Nurse, and the Fairy...
• From wine what sudden friendship springs!
  -- John Gay (1688-1732) -- Fables, Part ii, The Squire and his Cu...