63 quotes found
“No furniture is so charming as books.”
“Politeness is good nature regulated by good sense.”
“Take short views hope for the best and trust in God.”
“I always fear that creation will expire before teatime.”
“He not only overflowed with learning but stood in the slop.”
“Madam, I have been looking for a person who disliked gravy all my life; let us swear eternal friendship.”
“If I were to begin life again, I would devote it to music. It is the only cheap and unpunished rapture upon earth. ”
“The main question to a novel is -- did it amuse? were you surprised at dinner coming so soon? did you mistake eleven for ten? were you too late to dress? and did you sit up beyond the usual hour? I...”
“The fact is that in order to do anything in this world worth doing, we must not stand shivering on the bank thinking of the cold and the danger, but jump in and scramble through as well as we can.”
“When you rise in the morning, form a resolution to make the day a happy one for a fellow creature.”
“Whatever you are by nature, keep to it; never desert your line of talent. Be what nature intended you for, and you will succeed.”
“A comfortable house is a great source of happiness. It ranks immediately after health and a good conscience.”
“What a pity it is that we have no amusements in England but vice and religion!”
“As the French say, there are three sexes - men, women, and clergymen.”
“Never talk for half a minute without pausing and giving others a chance to join in.”
“A 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.”
“Have the courage to be ignorant of a great number of things, in order to avoid the calamity of being ignorant of everything.”
“Marriage 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.”
“Going to marry her? Impossible! You mean a part of her; he could not marry her all himself. It would be a case, not of bigamy but trigamy; there is enough of her to furnish wives for the whole pari...”
“He has returned from Italy a greater bore than ever he bores on architecture painting statuary and music.”
“He (Macaulay) has occasional flashes of silence that make his conversation perfectly delightful.”
“You never say a word of yourself dear Lady Grey. You have that dreadful sin of anti-egotism.”
“Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of existence.”
