Sydney Smith1771–1845The quotations of
Sydney Smith
English wit, writer, Anglican cleric
1771–1845
28 quotes, most often on Clever Jabs, Comedy and Friendship.
Avoid shame, but do not seek glory: nothing so expensive as glory.
Lady Holland’s Memoir (1855), Vol. I, ch. 4, pp. 134–135Never give way to melancholy; resist it steadily, for the habit will encroach.
Lady Holland’s Memoir (1855), Vol. I, ch. 10, p. 372
