Quotes
Quotes - Smith
Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time.
Never let go of that fiery sadness called desire.
Oh, herbaceous treat! 'Twould tempt the dying anchorite to eat; Back to the world he'd turn his fleeting soul, And plunge his fingers in the salad bowl; Serenely full the epicure would say, "Fate cannot harm me,--I have dined to-day."
The pale child, Eve, leading her mother, Night.
When you were a tadpole, and I was a fish, In the Palaeozoic time, And side by side in the sluggish tide We sprawled in the ooze and slime.
We should keep so close to facts that we never have to remember the second time what we said the first time.
We should keep so close to facts that we never have to remember the second time what we said the first time.
Faith and doubt both are needed - not as antagonists, but working side by side to take us around the unknown curve.
It is always right that a man should be able to render a reason for the faith that is within him.
On Monday mornings I am dedicated to the proposition that all men are created jerks.
Seek but provision of bread and wine, fools to flatter, and clothing fine; and nothing of God shall ever be thine.
We bury love, Forgetfulness grows over it like grass; That is a thing to weep for, not the dead.
Good friends are good for your health.
As far as I'm concerned, being any gender is a drag.
Little girls, I am in the business of putting old heads on young shoulders, and all my pupils are the crème de la crème. Give me a girl at an impressionable age and she is mine for life.
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.
There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and, after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second.
Hearts that are delicate and kind, and tongues that are neitherâthese makes the finest company in the world.
The three black graces, Law, Physic, and Divinity.
Happiness is a wine of the rarest vintage, and seems insipid to a vulgar taste.
Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of existence.
A comfortable house is a great source of happiness. It ranks immediately after health and a good conscience.
I saw them go; one horse was blind, The tails of both hung down behind, Their shoes were on their feet.
Man, an animal that makes bargains.
The denunciation of the young is a necessary part of the hygiene of older people, and greatly assists the circulation of their blood.
