Maxioms by Sydney Smith
It requires a surgical operation to get a joke well into a Scotch
understanding.
It requires a surgical operation to get a joke well into a Scotch
understanding.
A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage. Every day sends to read more
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 from making a first effort.
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.
That knuckle-end of England--that land of Calvin, oat-cakes, and
sulphur.
That knuckle-end of England--that land of Calvin, oat-cakes, and
sulphur.
Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not read more
Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.
