"She who means no mischief does it all."
"Let never man be bold enough to say, Thus, and no farther shall my passion stray: The first crime, past, compels us into more, And guilt grows fate, that was but choice, before."
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Source: Aaron Hill (1760). “The Dramatic Works of Aaron Hill, Esq”, p.411
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