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

Our Garrick's a salad; for in him we see, Oil, vinegar, sugar and saltiness agree

Our Garrick's a salad; for in him we see, Oil, vinegar, sugar and saltiness agree

Our greatest glory consists not in never failing, but in rising every time we fall.

Our greatest glory consists not in never failing, but in rising every time we fall.

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...

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...

They say women and music should never be dated.

They say women and music should never be dated.

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...

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

Life is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the roads and...

Life is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the roads and...

Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.

Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.

The company of fools may first make us smile, but in the end we always...

The company of fools may first make us smile, but in the end we always...

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,...

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...

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...

Aromatic plants bestow no spicy fragrance while they grow; but crush'd or trodden to the...

Aromatic plants bestow no spicy fragrance while they grow; but crush'd or trodden to the...

Tenderness is a virtue.

Tenderness is a virtue.

If you were to make little fishes talk, they would talk like whales.

If you were to make little fishes talk, they would talk like whales.

Write how you want, the critic shall show the world you could have written better.

Write how you want, the critic shall show the world you could have written better.

The best way to make your audience laugh is to start laughing yourself.

The best way to make your audience laugh is to start laughing yourself.

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...