Sydney Smith
He had occasional flashes of silence, that made his conversation perfectly delightful.
Sydney SmithWhat would the world do without tea? - how did it exist? I am glad I was not born before tea.
Sydney SmithWhatever you are by nature, keep to it; never desert your line of talent. Be what nature intended you for and you will succeed.
Sydney SmithIt is always right that a man should be able to render a reason for the faith that is within him.
Sydney SmithErrors to be dangerous must have a great deal of truth mingled with them. It is only from this alliance that they can ever obtain an extensive circulation.
Sydney SmithHave the courage to be ignorant of a great number of things, in order to avoid the calamity of being ignorant of everything.
Sydney SmithTo do anything in this world worth doing, we must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in, and scramble through as well as we can.
Sydney SmithThere is one piece of advice, in a life of study, which I think no one will object to; and that is, every now and then to be completely idle - to do nothing at all.
Sydney SmithLife is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of existence.
Sydney SmithLive always in the best company when you read.
Sydney SmithWhatever you are from 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 thousands times worse than nothing.
Sydney SmithWhatever you are by nature, keep to it; never desert your line of talent. Be what nature intended you for, and you will succeed.
Sydney SmithI have no relish for the country; it is a kind of healthy grave.
Sydney SmithA 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 SmithRegret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.
Sydney SmithCorrespondences are like small clothes before the invention of suspenders; it is impossible to keep them up.
Sydney SmithYou must not think me necessarily foolish because I am facetious, nor will I consider you necessarily wise because you are grave.
Sydney SmithMadam, I have been looking for a person who disliked gravy all my life; let us swear eternal friendship.
Sydney SmithMarriage resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they cannot be separated, often moving in opposite directions, yet always punishing anyone who comes in between them.
Sydney SmithLearn from the earliest days to insure your principles against the perils of ridicule; you can no more exercise your reason if you live in the constant dread of laughter, that you can enjoy your life if you are in the constant terror of death.
Sydney SmithNever try to reason the prejudice out of a man. It was not reasoned into him, and cannot be reasoned out.
Sydney SmithThe thing about performance, even if it's only an illusion, is that it is a celebration of the fact that we do contain within ourselves infinite possibilities.
Sydney SmithIt is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can only do a little. Do what you can.
Sydney SmithBishop Berkeley destroyed this world in one volume octavo; and nothing remained, after his time, but mind; which experienced a similar fate from the hand of Mr. Hume in 1737.
Sydney SmithIn composing, as a general rule, run your pen through every other word you have written; you have no idea what vigor it will give your style.
Sydney Smith
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