There are worse occupations in this world than feeling a woman's pulse.

Quote by Laurence Sterne

Topics: Funny Quotes, Women Quotes

Titles of honor are like the impressions on coins, which add no value to gold...

Titles of honor are like the impressions on coins, which add no value to gold...

What is the life of man! Is it not to shift from side to side?...

What is the life of man! Is it not to shift from side to side?...

Courtship consists in a number of quiet attentions, not so pointed as to alarm, nor...

Courtship consists in a number of quiet attentions, not so pointed as to alarm, nor...

Pain and pleasure, like light and darkness, succeed each other.

Pain and pleasure, like light and darkness, succeed each other.

Of all duties, prayer certainly is the sweetest and most easy.

Of all duties, prayer certainly is the sweetest and most easy.

It is a great pity but tis certain from every day's observation of man, that...

It is a great pity but tis certain from every day's observation of man, that...

Of all the cants which are canted in this canting world, - though the cant...

Of all the cants which are canted in this canting world, - though the cant...

A dwarf who brings a standard along with him to measure his own size, take...

A dwarf who brings a standard along with him to measure his own size, take...

In solitude the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself.

In solitude the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself.

When the heart flies out before the understanding, it saves the judgment a world of...

When the heart flies out before the understanding, it saves the judgment a world of...

People who are always taking care of their health are like misers, who are hoarding...

People who are always taking care of their health are like misers, who are hoarding...

Writing, when properly managed, (as you may be sure I think mine is) is but...

Writing, when properly managed, (as you may be sure I think mine is) is but...

When a man is discontented with himself, it has one advantage - that it puts...

When a man is discontented with himself, it has one advantage - that it puts...

The most accomplished way of using books is to serve them as some people do...

The most accomplished way of using books is to serve them as some people do...

An actor should be able to create the universe in the palm of his hand.

An actor should be able to create the universe in the palm of his hand.

Writing, when properly managed, (as you may be sure I think mine is) is but...

Writing, when properly managed, (as you may be sure I think mine is) is but...

The desire of knowledge, like the thirst for riches, increases ever with the acquisition of...

The desire of knowledge, like the thirst for riches, increases ever with the acquisition of...

When you feel in your gut what you are and then dynamically pursue it -...

When you feel in your gut what you are and then dynamically pursue it -...

All men by nature desire to know.

All men by nature desire to know.

I sometimes wonder whether all pleasures are not substitutes for joy.

I sometimes wonder whether all pleasures are not substitutes for joy.

Well-being and happiness never appeared to me as an absolute aim. I am even inclined...

Well-being and happiness never appeared to me as an absolute aim. I am even inclined...