All Quotes

"A modest woman, dressed out in all her finery, is the most tremendous object of the whole creation."

"The first blow is half the battle."

"We are the boys That fear no noise Where the thundering cannons roar."

"They liked the book the better the more it made them cry."

"Travellers, George, must pay in all places: the only difference is, that in good inns, you pay dearly for your luxuries, and in bad inns you are fleeced and starved."

"Ask me no questions, and I'll tell you no fibs."

"Oh sir! I must not tell my age. They say women and music should never be dated."

"Baw! Damme, but I'll fight you both, one after the other! With baskets."

"We modest Gentlemen don't want for much success among the women."

"Our Garrick's a salad; for in him we see Oil, vinegar, sugar, and saltness agree!"

"Who mix'd reason with pleasure, and wisdom with mirth: If he had any faults, he has left us in doubt."

"Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much; Who, born for the universe, narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind; Though fraught with all learning, yet straining his throat To persuade Tommy Townshend to lend him a vote. Who too deep for his hearers still went on refining, And thought of convincing while they thought of dining: Though equal to all things, for all things unfit; Too nice for a statesman, too proud for a wit."

"His conduct still right, with his argument wrong."

"A flattering painter, who made it his care To draw men as they ought to be, not as they are."

"Here lies David Garrick, describe me, who can, An abridgment of all that was pleasant in man."

"As a wit, if not first, in the very first line."

"On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting; 'Twas only that when he was off he was acting."

"He cast off his friends as a huntsman his pack, For he knew when he pleased he could whistle them back."

"Who peppered the highest was surest to please."

"When he talked of their Raphaels, Correggios, and stuff, He shifted his trumpet and only took snuff."

"The best-humour'd man, with the worst-humour'd Muse."

"It is always good When a man has two irons in the fire."

"Of every noble action the intent Is to give worth reward, vice punishment."

"As cold as cucumbers."

"Calamity is man's true touchstone."

"Silken rest Tie all thy cares up!"

"You are no better than you should be."

"I care not two-pence."

"To have been happy, madame, adds to calamity."

"Upon my buried body lie lightly, gentle earth."

"Then, my good girls, be more than women, wise: At least be more than I was; and be sure You credit anything the light gives life to Before a man."

"A soul as white as Heaven."

"But they that are above Have ends in everything."

"After supper walk a mile."

"Nature too unkind; That made no medicine for a troubled mind!"

"Philaster: Oh, but thou dost not know What 'tis to die. Bellario: Yes, I do know, my lord: 'Tis Less than to be born, a lasting sleep; A quiet resting from all jealousy A thing we all pursue; I know, besides, 'Tis but a giving over of a game That must be lost."

"Make my breast Transparent as pure crystal, that the world, Jealous of me, may see the foulest thought My heart holds."

"The devil take the hindmost!"

"All your better deeds Shall be in water writ, but this in marble."

"It shew'd discretion, the best part of valor."

"But is there nothing else, That we may do but only walk? Methinks, Brothers and sisters lawfully may kiss."

"He shall have chariots easier than air, That I will have invented;... And thyself, That art the messenger, shalt ride before him On a horse cut out of an entire diamond. That shall be made to go with golden wheels, I know not how yet."

"There is a method in man's wickedness— It grows up by degrees."

"Hit the nail on the head."

"Thou will scarce be a man before thy mother."

"I find the medicine worse than the malady."

"What's one man's poison, signor, Is another's meat or drink."

"He went away with a flea in 's ear."

"It would talk,— Lord! how it talked!"

"Kiss till the cow comes home."