Sydney Smith föddes den 3 juni1771 och dog den 22 februari 1845 - English theologian Mer info via Google eller Bing.
A comfortable house is a great source of happiness. It ranks immediately after health and a good conscience.
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.
As the French say, there are three sexes, - men, women, and clergymen
Avoid shame, but do not seek glory, nothing is so expensive as glory
Correspondences are like small clothes before the invention of suspenders; it is impossible to keep them up.
Errors 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.
How can a bishop marry? How can he flirt? The most he can say is, "I will see you in the vestry after service
In 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.
Marriage 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.
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