Thus shadow owes its birth to light.

- John Gay

From kings to cobblers 'tis the same; Bad servants wound their masters' fame.

- John Gay

A man is always afraid of a woman that loves him too much

- John Gay

You can only be called a hypocrite if you judge others first.

- John Gay

Youth's the season made for joys, Love is then our duty.

- John Gay

Envy is a kind of praise.

- John Gay

The luxury of doing good surpasses every other personal enjoyment.

- John Gay

I hate the man who builds his name On ruins of another's fame. Thus prudes, by characters o'erthrown, Imagine that they raise their own. Thus Scribbl…

- John Gay

Follow love and it will flee, flee love and it will follow thee.

- John Gay