When delicate and feeling souls are separated, there is not a feature in the sky, not a movement of the elements, not an aspiration of the breeze, but hints some cause for a lover's apprehension.

Quote by Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Topics: Love Quotes

There is not a passion so strongly rooted in the human heart as envy.

There is not a passion so strongly rooted in the human heart as envy.

The surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed

The surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed

Pity those who nature abuses; never those who abuse nature.

Pity those who nature abuses; never those who abuse nature.

Pity those who nature abuses; never those who abuse nature.

Pity those who nature abuses; never those who abuse nature.

Conscience has no more to do with gallantry than it has with politics.

Conscience has no more to do with gallantry than it has with politics.

Be just before you are generous

Be just before you are generous

There's no possibility of being witty without a little ill-nature; the malice of a good...

There's no possibility of being witty without a little ill-nature; the malice of a good...

Our memories are independent of our wills.

Our memories are independent of our wills.

Conscience has no more to do with gallantry than it has with politics

Conscience has no more to do with gallantry than it has with politics

You write with ease to show your breeding, but easy writing's curst hard reading

You write with ease to show your breeding, but easy writing's curst hard reading

There's no possibility of being witty without a little ill-nature; the malice of a good...

There's no possibility of being witty without a little ill-nature; the malice of a good...

The number of those who undergo the fatigue of judging for themselves is very small...

The number of those who undergo the fatigue of judging for themselves is very small...

Modesty is a quality in a lover more praised by the women than liked.

Modesty is a quality in a lover more praised by the women than liked.

Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue

Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue

Modesty and unselfishness: These are the virtues which men praise, and pass by

Modesty and unselfishness: These are the virtues which men praise, and pass by

Nothing is more amiable than true modesty, and nothing more contemptible than the false

Nothing is more amiable than true modesty, and nothing more contemptible than the false

It is easy for a somebody to be modest, but it is difficult to be...

It is easy for a somebody to be modest, but it is difficult to be...

A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great...

A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great...

Modesty once extinguished knows not how to return

Modesty once extinguished knows not how to return

Modesty is my best quality

Modesty is my best quality