How happy he who crowns in shades like these, A youth of labour with an age of ease.

Quote by Oliver Goldsmith

Topics: Age Quotes

The jests of the rich are ever successful.

The jests of the rich are ever successful.

For just experience tells, in every soil, That those who think must govern those who...

For just experience tells, in every soil, That those who think must govern those who...

She who makes her husband and her children happy, who reclaims the one from vice,...

She who makes her husband and her children happy, who reclaims the one from vice,...

Of all kinds of ambition, that which pursues poetical fame is the wildest

Of all kinds of ambition, that which pursues poetical fame is the wildest

Where wealth accumulates, men decay.

Where wealth accumulates, men decay.

The malicious sneer is improperly called laughter.

The malicious sneer is improperly called laughter.

On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting, 'Twas only when he was off, he...

On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting, 'Twas only when he was off, he...

He who seeks for applause only from without has all his happiness in another's keeping.

He who seeks for applause only from without has all his happiness in another's keeping.

Be not affronted at a joke. If one throw salt at thee, thou wilt receive...

Be not affronted at a joke. If one throw salt at thee, thou wilt receive...

Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it...

Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it...

You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.

You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.

I chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, for qualities that would wear...

I chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, for qualities that would wear...

To the last moment of his breath, On hope the wretch relies; And even the...

To the last moment of his breath, On hope the wretch relies; And even the...

All that a husband or wife really wants is to be pitied a little, praised...

All that a husband or wife really wants is to be pitied a little, praised...

The true use of speech is not so much to express our wants as to...

The true use of speech is not so much to express our wants as to...

A man who leaves home to mend himself and others is a philosopher; but he...

A man who leaves home to mend himself and others is a philosopher; but he...

A man who leaves home to mend himself and others is a philosopher; but he...

A man who leaves home to mend himself and others is a philosopher; but he...

Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will.

Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will.

May have killed the cat; more likely the cat was just unlucky, or else curious...

May have killed the cat; more likely the cat was just unlucky, or else curious...

The greatest virtue of man is perhaps curiosity.

The greatest virtue of man is perhaps curiosity.