Solitude cherishes great virtues and destroys little ones.

Quote by Sydney Smith

Topics: Sydney Smith Quotes

Correspondences are like small clothes before the invention of suspenders; it is impossible to keep...

Correspondences are like small clothes before the invention of suspenders; it is impossible to keep...

Live always in the best company when you read.

Live always in the best company when you read.

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,...

To business that we love we rise bedtime, and go to't with delight.

To business that we love we rise bedtime, and go to't with delight.

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

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

The thing about performance, even if it's only an illusion, is that it is a...

The thing about performance, even if it's only an illusion, is that it is a...

I look upon Switzerland as an inferior sort of Scotland.

I look upon Switzerland as an inferior sort of Scotland.

Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and to be loved is...

Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and to be loved is...

What would life be without arithmetic, but a scene of horrors?

What would life be without arithmetic, but a scene of horrors?

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...

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,...

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.

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...

What would life be without arithmetic, but a scene of horrors?

What would life be without arithmetic, but a scene of horrors?

The dearest things in the world are our neighbor's eyes; they cost everybody more than...

The dearest things in the world are our neighbor's eyes; they cost everybody more than...

I never read a book before reviewing it - it prejudices a man so

I never read a book before reviewing it - it prejudices a man so

Heaven never helps the men who will not act.

Heaven never helps the men who will not act.

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...

Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.

Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.

Beauty for some provides escape, who gain a happiness in eyeing the gorgeous buttocks of...

Beauty for some provides escape, who gain a happiness in eyeing the gorgeous buttocks of...

When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but creatures...

When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but creatures...

I don't think the human mind can comprehend the past and the future. They are...

I don't think the human mind can comprehend the past and the future. They are...