Richard Brinsley Sheridan Quotes

Our Ancestors Are Very Good Kind Of Folks; But They Are The Last People I Should Choose To Have A Visiting Acquaintance With.

An Oyster May Be Crossed In Love.

An Aspersion Upon My Parts Of Speech!

An Apothecary Should Never Be Out Of Spirits.

A Progeny Of Learning.

I Open With A Clock Striking, To Beget An Awful Attention In The Audience - It Also Marks The Time, Which Is Four O Clock In The Morning, And Saves A Description Of The Rising Sun, And A Great Deal About Gilding The Eastern Hemisphere.

As There Are Three Of Us Come On Purpose For The Game, You Won't Be So Cantankerous As To Spoil The Party By Sitting Out.

Had I A Heart For Falsehood Framed, I Ne'er Could Injure You.

Ay, Ay, The Best Terms Will Grow Obsolete: Damns Have Had Their Day.

Satires And Lampoons On Particular People Circulate More By Giving Copies In Confidence To The Friends Of The Parties, Than By Printing Them.

There Are A Set Of Malicious, Prating, Prudent Gossips, Both Male And Female, Who Murder Characters To Kill Time; And Will Rob A Young Fellow Of His Good Name Before He Has Years To Know The Value Of It.

A Tale Of Scandal Is As Fatal To The Credit Of A Prudent Lady As A Fever Is Generally To Those Of The Strongest Constitutions. But There Is A Sort Of Puny, Sickly Reputation, That Is Always Ailing, Yet Will Wither The Robuster Characters Of A Hundred Prudes.