Madam, I have been looking for a person who disliked gravy all my life; let us swear eternal friendship.

Quote by Sydney Smith

Topics: Friendship Quotes

It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can only do...

It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can only do...

Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for...

Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for...

Marriage resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they cannot be separated, often moving...

Marriage resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they cannot be separated, often moving...

What you don't know would make a great book.

What you don't know would make a great book.

I never read a book before previewing it; it prejudices a man so.

I never read a book before previewing it; it prejudices a man so.

Poverty is no disgrace to a man, but it is confoundedly inconvenient

Poverty is no disgrace to a man, but it is confoundedly inconvenient

Never give way to melancholy; resist it steadily, for the habit will encroach.

Never give way to melancholy; resist it steadily, for the habit will encroach.

Be what nature intended you for, and you will succeed; be anything else and you...

Be what nature intended you for, and you will succeed; be anything else and you...

Manners are like the shadows of virtues, they are the momentary display of those qualities...

Manners are like the shadows of virtues, they are the momentary display of those qualities...

As the French say, there are three sexes - men, women, and clergymen.

As the French say, there are three sexes - men, women, and clergymen.

Man could direct his ways by plain reason, and support his life by tasteless food,...

Man could direct his ways by plain reason, and support his life by tasteless food,...

What a pity it is that we have no amusements in England but vice and...

What a pity it is that we have no amusements in England but vice and...

My living in Yorkshire was so far out of the way, that it was eleven...

My living in Yorkshire was so far out of the way, that it was eleven...

Poverty us no disgrace to a man, but it is confoundedly inconvenient.

Poverty us no disgrace to a man, but it is confoundedly inconvenient.

It resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they cannot be separated, often moving...

It resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they cannot be separated, often moving...

Live always in the best company when you read.

Live always in the best company when you read.

Mankind are always happy for having been happy; so that, if you make them happy...

Mankind are always happy for having been happy; so that, if you make them happy...

To love and be loved is the great happiness of existence.

To love and be loved is the great happiness of existence.

A sister is one who reaches for your hand and touches your heart

A sister is one who reaches for your hand and touches your heart

Promise me you'll never forget me because if I thought you would I'd never leave.

Promise me you'll never forget me because if I thought you would I'd never leave.

First love is a kind of vaccination which saves a man from catching the complaint...

First love is a kind of vaccination which saves a man from catching the complaint...