MISTRESS

Related Subjects: Love, Passion, Romance, Wife

1. As Juan mused on mutability
   Or on his mistress—terms synonymous.—BYRON, Don Juan

2. Not that he had no cares to vex,
   He loved the muses and the sex;
   And sometimes these so froward are,
   They made him wish himself at war;
   But soon his wrath being o'er, he took
   Another mistress, or new book.—BYRON, Mazeppa
   

3. A mistress moderately fair,
   And good as guardian angels are,
   Only belov'd and loving me.—ABRAHAM COWLEY, The Wish
   

4. Through more Experience they [elderly mistresses] are more prudent and discreet in conducting an Intrigue to prevent Suspicion. The Commerce with them is therefore safer with regard to your Reputation.—FRANKLIN, Advice to a Young Man on the Choice of a Mistress
   

5. A poet's Mistress is a hallowed thing.—R. M. MILNES, Tempe
   

6. Few men have wedded their sweethearts, their paramours or mistresses, but have come home by Weeping Cross, and ere long repented their bargain.—MONTAIGNE, Essays
   

7. To each of you one fair and virtuous mistress.—SHAKESPEARE, All's Well that Ends Well
   

8. And every one his love-feat will advance
   Unto his several mistress.—SHAKESPEARE, Love's Labour's Lost
   

9. A mistress should be like a little country retreat near the town; not to dwell in constantly, but only for a night and away.—WILLIAM WYCHERLEY, The Country Wife
   

10. Next to the pleasure of making a new mistress is that of being rid of an old one.—WILLIAM WYCHERLEY,The Country Wife