The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Preface

So that my name of Epic’s no misnomer.
‘Don Juan’ (1819-24) canto 1, st. 200
So for a good old-gentlemanly vice,
I think I must take up with avarice.
‘Don Juan’ (1819-24) canto 1, st. 216
There’s nought, no doubt, so much the spirit calms
As rum and true religion.
‘Don Juan’ (1819-24) canto 2, st. 34
A solitary shriek, the bubbling cry
Of some strong swimmer in his agony.
‘Don Juan’ (1819-24) canto 2, st. 53
Let us have wine and women, mirth and laughter,
Sermons and soda-water the day after.
‘Don Juan’ (1819-24) canto 2, st. 178
Man, being reasonable, must get drunk;
The best of life is but intoxication;
Glory, the grape, love, gold, in these are sunk
The hopes of all men, and of every nation.
‘Don Juan’ (1819-24) canto 2, st. 179
They looked up to the sky, whose floating glow
Spread like a rosy ocean, vast and bright;
They gazed upon the glittering sea below,
Whence the broad moon rose circling into sight;
They heard the wave’s splash, and the wind so low,
And saw each other’s dark eyes darting light
Into each other—and, beholding this,
Their lips drew near, and clung into a kiss.
‘Don Juan’ (1819-24) canto 2, st. 185
And thus they form a group that’s quite antique,
Half naked, loving, natural, and Greek.
‘Don Juan’ (1819-24) canto 2, st. 194
Alas! the love of women! it is known
To be a lovely and a fearful thing!
‘Don Juan’ (1819-24) canto 2, st. 199
In her first passion woman loves her lover,
In all the others all she loves is love.
‘Don Juan’ (1819-24) canto 3, st. 3
’Tis melancholy, and a fearful sign
Of human frailty, folly, also crime,
That love and marriage rarely can combine,