151 Quotes by Sydney Smith

My living in Yorkshire was so far out of the way, that it was eleven miles away from a lemon

He had occasional flashes of silence that made his conversation perfectly delightful.

He deserves to be preached to death by wild curates

He (Macaulay) has occasional flashes of silence that make his conversation perfectly delightful

Having heard the bishop I am now convinced of the apostolic succession from Judas Iscariot

It is a bore, I admit, to be past seventy, for you are left for execution, and are daily expecting the death-warrant; but it is not anything very capital we quit. We are, at the close of life, only hurried away from stomach-aches, pains in the joints, from sleepless nights and unamusing days, from weakness, ugliness, and nervous tremors; but we shall all meet again in another planet, cured of all our defects.

It is natural to every man to wish for distinction, and the praise of those who can confer honor by their praise, in spite of all false philosophy, is sweet to every human heart; but as eminence can be but the lot of a few, patience of obscurity is a

It is always right that a man should be able to render a reason for the faith that is within him.

Married couples resemble a pair of scissors, often moving in opposite directions, yet punishing anyone who gets in between them.