Richard Brinsley Sheridan

“To smile at the jest which plants a thorn in another's breast is to become a principal in the mischief.”

“A bumper of good liquor will end a contest quicker than justice, judge, or vicar.”

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

“That old man dies prematurely whose memory records no benefits conferred. They only have lived long who have lived virtuously.”

“I'm called away by particular business - but I leave my character behind me.”

“Remember that when you meet your antagonist, to do everything in a mild agreeable manner. Let your courage be keen, but, at the same time, as polished as your sword.”

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

“Death's a debt; his mandamus binds all alike- no bail, no demurrer.”

“'Tis safest in matrimony to begin with a little aversion.”

“Those that vow the most are the least sincere.”

“The glorious uncertainty of the law was a thing well known and complained of, by all ignorant people, but all learned gentleman considered it as its greatest excellency.”

“Certainly nothing is unnatural that is not physically impossible.”

“Won't you come into the garden? I would like my roses to see you.”

“The right honorable gentleman is indebted to his memory for his jests, and to his imagination for his facts.”

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

“Do thou snatch treasures from my lips, and I'll take kingdoms back from thine.”

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

“Be just before you are generous.”

“My valor is certainly going, it is sneaking off! I feel it oozing out as it were, at the palms of my hands!”

“Fertilizer does no good in a heap, but a little spread around works miracles all over.”