On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting, 'Twas only when he was off, he was acting. Votes: 10
Fancy restrained may be compared to a fountain, which plays highest by diminishing the aperture. Votes: 6
Where wealth accumulates, men decay. Votes: 4
The ambitious are forever followed by adulation for they receive the most pleasure from flattery. Votes: 3
Here lies David Garrick, describe me who can, An abridgment of all that was pleasant in man. Votes: 0
With disadvantages enough to bring him to humility, a Scotsman is one of the proudest things alive. Votes: 0
Where wealth and freedom reign contentment fails, And honour sinks where commerce long prevails. Votes: 0
Elegy of the Death of a Mad Dog The dog, to gain some praivate ends, Went mad and bit the man. Votes: 0
Even children follow'd with endearing wile, And pluck'd his gown, to share the good man's smile. Votes: 0
The hours we pass with happy prospects in view are more pleasing than those crowded with fruition. Votes: 0
A flattering painter, who made it his care To draw men as they ought to be, not as they are. Votes: 0
Error is always talkative. Votes: 0
Tenderness is a virtue. Votes: 0
The watch-dog's voice that bay'd the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind. Votes: 0
The fortunate circumstances of our lives are generally found, at last, to be of our own producing. Votes: 0
Silence gives consent. Votes: 0
In two opposite opinions, if one be perfectly reasonable, the other can't be perfectly right. Votes: 0
People seek within a short span of life to satisfy a thousand desires, each of which is insatiable. Votes: 0
A modest woman, dressed out in all her finery, is the most tremendous object of the whole creation. Votes: 0
For just experience tells, in every soil, That those that think must govern those that toil. Votes: 0
Silence is become his mother tongue. Votes: 0
The first blow is half the battle. Votes: 0
Crimes generally punish themselves. Votes: 0
Nobody with me at sea but myself. Votes: 0
The hawthorn bush, with seats beneath the shade, For talking age and whispering lovers made. Votes: 0
Error is ever talkative. Votes: 0
While selfishness joins hands with no one of the virtues, benevolence is allied to them all. Votes: 0
Prudery is ignorance. Votes: 0
Crime generally punishes itself. Votes: 0
Thou source of all my bliss and all my woe, That found'st me poor at first, and keep'st me so. Votes: 0
And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew, that one small head could carry all he knew. Votes: 0
As for disappointing them I should not so much mind; but I can't abide to disappoint myself. Votes: 0
And learn the luxury of doing good. Votes: 0
Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, and fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray. Votes: 0
They please, are pleas'd, they give to get esteem Till, seeming blest, they grow to what they seem. Votes: 0
Hope, like the gleaming taper Votes: 0
The heart of every man lies open to the shafts of correction if the archer can take proper aim. Votes: 0
We sometimes had those little rubs which Providence sends to enhance the value of its favors. Votes: 0
A book may be very amusing with numerous errors, or it may be very dull without a single absurdity. Votes: 0
Fear guides more than gratitude. Votes: 0
The very pink of perfection. Votes: 0
By sports like these are all their cares beguil'd; The sports of children satisfy the child. Votes: 0