He had occasional flashes of silence that made his conversation perfectly delightful. Sydney Smith
Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of existence. Sydney Smith
Marriage resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they cannot be separated; often moving in opposite directions, yet always punishing any one who comes between them. Sydney Smith
Never try to reason the prejudice out of a man. It wasn’t reasoned into him, and cannot be reasoned out. Sydney Smith
It is the calling of great men, not so much to preach new truths, as to rescue from oblivion those old truths which it is our wisdom to remember and our weakness to forget. Sydney Smith
Politeness is good nature regulated by good sense. Sydney Smith
I always fear that creation will expire before teatime. Sydney Smith
Thank God for tea! What would the world do without tea! I am glad I was not born before tea. Sydney Smith
My idea of heaven is eating paté de foie gras to the sound of trumpets. Sydney Smith
What two ideas are more inseparable than beer and Britannia? Sydney Smith