Richard Brinsley Sheridan
When of a gossiping circle it was asked, "What are they doing?" The answer was, "Swapping lies.Collection: Lying
In all cases of slander currency, whenever the forger of the lie is not to be found, the injured parties should have a right to come on any of the indorsers.Collection: Lying
If it is abuse, - why one is always sure to hear of it from one damned goodnatured friend or another!Collection: Friendship
The newspapers! Sir, they are the most villainous - licentious -abominable - infernal - Not that I ever read them - No - I make it a rule never to look into a newspaper.Collection: Clever
I'll make my old clothes know who's master. I shall straightaway cashier the hunting-frock, and render my leather breeches incapable. My hair has been in training some time.Collection: Hunting
You shall see them on a beautiful quarto page where a neat rivulet of text shall meander through a meadow of margin.Collection: Beautiful
My valour is certainly going! - it is sneaking off! - I feel it oozing out as it were at the palms of my hands!Collection: Clever
Here, my dear Lucy, hide these books. Quick, quick! Fling "Peregrine Pickle" under the toilette -throw "Roderick Random" into the closet -put "The Innocent Adultery" into "The Whole Duty of Man"; thrust "Lord Aimworth" under the sofa! cram "Ovid" behind the bolster; there -put "The Man of Feeling" into your pocket. Now for them.Collection: Book
Our ancestors are very good kind of folks; but they are the last people I should choose to have a visiting acquaintance with.Collection: Clever
Many a wretch has rid on a hurdle who has done less mischief than utterers of forged tales, coiners of scandal, and clippers of reputation.Collection: Rumor
I had rather follow you to your grave than see you owe your life to any but a regular-bred physician.Collection: Physicians
I was struck all on a heap.Collection: Clever
Illiterate him, I say, quite from your memory.Collection: Clever
If Parliament were to consider the sporting with reputation of as much importance as sporting on manors, and pass an act for the preservation of fame as well as game, there are many who would thank them for the bill.Collection: Games
An aspersion upon my parts of speech!Collection: Clever
O Lord, Sir - when a heroine goes mad she always goes into white satin.Collection: Clever
Though I never scruple a lie to serve my Master, it hurts one's conscience to be found out!Collection: Hurt
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.Collection: Party
Here is the whole set! a character dead at every word.Collection: Character
Egad, I think the interpreter is the hardest to be understood of the two!Collection: Thinking
An apothecary should never be out of spirits.Collection: Spirit
If I reprehend anything in this world, it is the use of my oracular tongue, and a nice derangement of epitaphs!Collection: Nice
A practitioner in panegyric, or, to speak more plainly, a professor of the art of puffing.Collection: Art
Easy writing's curst hard reading.Collection: Reading
A progeny of learning.Collection: Learning
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.Collection: Character
Had I a heart for falsehood framed, I ne'er could injure you.Collection: Heart
I ne'er could any luster see in eyes that would not look on me.Collection: Eye
Whena scandalousstory isbelieved againstone, thereis certainly no comfort like the conscience of having deserved it.Collection: Comfort
Soft pity never leaves the gentle breast where love has been received a welcome guest.Collection: Guests
When delicate and feeling souls are separated, there is not a feature in the sky, not a movement of the elements, not an aspiration of the breeze, but hints some cause for a lover's apprehension.Collection: Love
Madam, a circulating library in a town is as an evergreen tree of diabolical knowledge; it blossoms through the year. And depend on it that they who are so fond of handling the leaves, will long for the fruit at last.Collection: Years