Quote #22
He has spent all his life in letting down empty buckets into empty wells; and he is frittering away his age in trying to draw them up again.
More from Sydney Smith
- Not body enough to cover his mind decently with; his intellect is improperly exposed.
- Ah, you flavour everything; you are the vanilla of society.
- No furniture so charming as books.
- My living in Yorkshire was so far out of the way, that it was actually twelve miles from a lemon.
- Looked as if she had walked straight out of the ark.
- As the French say, there are three sexes, - men, women, and clergymen.
- Take short views, hope for the best, and trust in God.
- Praise is the best diet for us, after all.