Of all the plagues with which the world is curst, Of every ill, a woman is the worst.

- George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne

There is no heaven like mutual love.

- George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne

The virtuous nothing fear but life with shame, And death's a pleasant road that leads to fame.

- George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne

Shall Nature, erring from her first command, self-preservation, fall by her own hand?

- George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne

Of all the kind of pains, the greatest pain is to love and to love in vain.

- George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne

Mankind, from Adam, have been women's fools; Women, from Eve, have been the devil's tools: Heaven might have spar'd one torment when we fell; Not lef…

- George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne

Whoe'er thou art, thy Lord and master see, Thou wast my Slave, thou art, or thou shalt be.

- George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne

The radiant sun sends from above ten thousand blessings down, nor is he set so high for show alone.

- George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne

Who to a woman trusts his peace of mind, Trusts a frail bark, with a tempestuous wind.

- George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne