01c. 1807 ADHeat madam! It was so dreadful that I found there was nothing for it but to take off my flesh and sit in my bones.Sydney Smith / quote ↗
02c. 1807 ADMen whose trade is rat-catching love to catch rats the bug destroyer seizes on his bug with delight and the suppressor is gratified by finding his vice.Sydney Smith / quote ↗
03c. 1807 ADNever desert your own line of talent. Be what nature intended you for and you will succeed.Sydney Smith / quote ↗
04c. 1807 ADWhatever you are by nature keep to it never desert your own line of talent. Be what nature intended you for and you will succeed be anything else and you will be ten thousand times worse than nothing.Sydney Smith / quote ↗
06c. 1807 ADNever give way to melancholy resist it steadily for the habit will encroach.Sydney Smith / quote ↗
07c. 1807 ADThat sign of old age extolling the past at the expense of the present.Sydney Smith / quote ↗
08c. 1807 ADWe know nothing of tomorrow our business is to be good and happy today.Sydney Smith / quote ↗
09c. 1807 ADMen whose trade is rat-catching love to catch rats the bug destroyer seizes on his bug with delight the suppressor is gratified by finding his vice.Sydney Smith / quote ↗
10c. 1807 ADWhatever you are by nature, keep to it; never desert your line of talent. Be what nature intended you for, and you will succeed.Sydney Smith / quote ↗
11c. 1807 ADA comfortable house is a great source of happiness. It ranks immediately after health and a good conscience.Sydney Smith / quote ↗
12c. 1807 ADWhat a pity it is that we have no amusements in England but vice and religion!Sydney Smith / quote ↗
13c. 1807 ADNever talk for half a minute without pausing and giving others a chance to join in.Sydney Smith / quote ↗
14c. 1807 ADA great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves obscure men whose timidity prevented them from making a first effort.Sydney Smith / quote ↗
15c. 1807 ADMarriage resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they cannot be separated; often moving in opposite directions, yet always punishing anyone who comes between them.Sydney Smith / quote ↗
