Sydney Smith Quotes

I have gout asthma and seven other maladies but am otherwise very well.

Politeness is good nature regulated by good sense.

Never talk for half a minute without pausing and giving others a chance to join in.

He (Macaulay) has occasional flashes of silence that make his conversation perfectly delightful.

Going to marry her? Impossible! You mean a part of her; he could not marry her all himself. It would...

Among the smaller duties in life I hardly know any one more important than that of not praising whe...

Great men hallow a whole people and lift up all who live in their time.

To do anything in this world worth doing we must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold ...

A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage. Every day sends to their g...

Whatever you are by nature keep to it never desert your own line of talent. Be what nature intende...

Never desert your own line of talent. Be what nature intended you for and you will succeed.

Men whose trade is rat-catching love to catch rats the bug destroyer seizes on his bug with deligh...

When you rise in the morning, form a resolution to make the day a happy one for a fellow creature.

Take short views hope for the best and trust in God.

Never give way to melancholy resist it steadily for the habit will encroach.

The fact is that in order to do anything in this world worth doing, we must not stand shivering on t...

As the French say, there are three sexes - men, women, and clergymen.

He not only overflowed with learning but stood in the slop.

That sign of old age extolling the past at the expense of the present.

Going to marry her? Impossible! You mean a part of her; he could not marry her all himself. It would...

He (Macaulay) has occasional flashes of silence that make his conversation perfectly delightful.

Never talk for half a minute without pausing and giving others a chance to join in.

Politeness is good nature regulated by good sense.

I have gout asthma and seven other maladies but am otherwise very well.

Men whose trade is rat-catching love to catch rats the bug destroyer seizes on his bug with delight...

If I were to begin life again, I would devote it to music. It is the only cheap and unpunished raptu...

When you rise in the morning form a resolution to make the day a happy one for a fellow creature.

Madam, I have been looking for a person who disliked gravy all my life; let us swear eternal friends...

No furniture is so charming as books.

Have the courage to be ignorant of a great number of things, in order to avoid the calamity of being...

Marriage resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they cannot be separated; often moving in opposi...

Never try to reason the prejudice out of a man. It was not reasoned into him and cannot be reasoned...

A comfortable house is a great source of happiness. It ranks immediately after health and a good con...

Hope is the belief more or less strong that joy will come desire is the wish it may come.

What a pity it is that we have no amusements in England but vice and religion!

We know nothing of tomorrow our business is to be good and happy today.

When you rise in the morning, form a resolution to make the day a happy one for a fellow creature.

Men whose trade is rat-catching love to catch rats the bug destroyer seizes on his bug with deligh...

Among the smaller duties in life I hardly know any one more important than that of not praising whe...

Take short views hope for the best and trust in God.

Great men hallow a whole people and lift up all who live in their time.

Never desert your own line of talent. Be what nature intended you for and you will succeed.

Whatever you are by nature keep to it never desert your own line of talent. Be what nature intende...

A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage. Every day sends to their g...

We know nothing of tomorrow our business is to be good and happy today.

Madam, I have been looking for a person who disliked gravy all my life; let us swear eternal friends...

When you rise in the morning form a resolution to make the day a happy one for a fellow creature.

If I were to begin life again, I would devote it to music. It is the only cheap and unpunished raptu...

Men whose trade is rat-catching love to catch rats the bug destroyer seizes on his bug with delight...

Never give way to melancholy resist it steadily for the habit will encroach.

To do anything in this world worth doing we must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold ...

Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of ex...

Heat madam! It was so dreadful that I found there was nothing for it but to take off my flesh and s...

Madam I have been looking for a person who disliked gravy all my life let us swear eternal friends...

You never say a word of yourself dear Lady Grey. You have that dreadful sin of anti-egotism.

He has returned from Italy a greater bore than ever he bores on architecture painting statuary an...

Oh don't tell me of facts - I never believe in facts you know Canning said nothing was so fallacio...

It is always considered a piece of impertinence in England if a man of less than two or three thousa...

Whatever you are by nature, keep to it; never desert your line of talent. Be what nature intended yo...

I never believe facts Canning said nothing was so fallacious as facts except figures.

It is always considered a piece of impertinence in England if a man of less than two or three thousa...

Oh don't tell me of facts - I never believe in facts you know Canning said nothing was so fallacio...

He has returned from Italy a greater bore than ever he bores on architecture painting statuary an...

You never say a word of yourself dear Lady Grey. You have that dreadful sin of anti-egotism.

Madam I have been looking for a person who disliked gravy all my life let us swear eternal friends...

Heat madam! It was so dreadful that I found there was nothing for it but to take off my flesh and s...

That sign of old age extolling the past at the expense of the present.

He not only overflowed with learning but stood in the slop.

As the French say, there are three sexes - men, women, and clergymen.

I always fear that creation will expire before teatime.

I never believe facts Canning said nothing was so fallacious as facts except figures.

Whatever you are by nature, keep to it; never desert your line of talent. Be what nature intended yo...

Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of ex...

What a pity it is that we have no amusements in England but vice and religion!

The main question to a novel is -- did it amuse? were you surprised at dinner coming so soon? did yo...

Hope is the belief more or less strong that joy will come desire is the wish it may come.

A comfortable house is a great source of happiness. It ranks immediately after health and a good con...

Never try to reason the prejudice out of a man. It was not reasoned into him and cannot be reasoned...

Marriage resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they cannot be separated; often moving in opposi...

Have the courage to be ignorant of a great number of things, in order to avoid the calamity of being...

No furniture is so charming as books.

The fact is that in order to do anything in this world worth doing, we must not stand shivering on t...

The main question to a novel is -- did it amuse? were you surprised at dinner coming so soon? did yo...

I always fear that creation will expire before teatime.