Hope is a very thin diet.

- Thomas Shadwell

No man is happy but by comparison.

- Thomas Shadwell

Every man loves what he is good at.

- Thomas Shadwell

The haste of a fool is the slowest thing in the world.

- Thomas Shadwell

Words may be false and full of art; Sighs are the natural language of the heart.

- Thomas Shadwell

I am, out of the ladies' company, like a fish out of the water.

- Thomas Shadwell