About Thomas Shadwell: Thomas Shadwell was an English poet and playwright who was appointed poet laureate in 1689.
Words may be false and full of art; Sighs are the natural language of the heart.
The haste of a fool is the slowest thing in the world.
No man is happy but by comparison.
I am, out of the ladies' company, like a fish out of the water.
And wit's the noblest frailty of the mind.
Hope is a very thin diet.
Every man loves what he is good at.
