Thomas Shadwell was an English playwright and miscellaneous writer who was appointed 
poet laureate in 1689.
 The True Widow (1679) 
-  And wit's the noblest frailty of the mind.
-  The haste of a fool is the slowest thing in the world.
-  I am, out of the ladies' company, like a fish out of the water.
-  Every man loves what he is good at.