A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves obscure men whose timidity prevented them f… - Sydney Smith

My idea of heaven is, eating pâté de foie gras to the sound of trumpets.

Manners are the shadows of virtues; the momentary display of those qualities which our fellow-creatures love and respect. If we strive to become, then, what we strive to appear, manners may often be rendered useful guides to the performance of our duties.

Preaching has become a byword for long and dull conversation of any kind; and whoever wishes to imply, in any piece of writing, the absence of everything agreeable and inviting, calls it a sermon.