Richard Brinsley Sheridan Quotes & Sayings

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

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

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

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

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

“A fluent tongue is the only thing a mother don't like her daughter to resemble her in.”

“The surest way to fail is not to determine to succeed.”

“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.”

“Modesty is a quality in a lover more praised by the women than liked.”

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