William Shenstone Quotes

Jealousy is the fear or apprehension of superiority; envy our uneasiness under it.

Independence may be found in comparative as well as in absolute abundance; I mean where a person contracts his desires within the limits of his fortune.

A miser grows rich by seeming poor; an extravagant man grows poor by seeming rich.

A liar begins with making falsehood appear like truth and ends with making truth itself appear like falsehood.

Consider, when you are enraged at any one, what you would probably thinkif he should die during the dispute.

The profession of the player, like that of the painter, is one of the imitative arts, whose means are pleasure, and whose end should be virtue.

A fool and his words are soon parted.

So sweetly she bade me adieu, I thought that she bade me return.

As wither'd roses yield a late perfume.

The most reserved of men, that will not exchange two syllables together in an English coffee-house, should they meet at Ispahan, would drink sherbet and eat a mess of rice together.