Sheridan

Famous quotes containing the word sheridan:

    My beautiful, my beautiful! That standest meekly by,
    With thy proudly-arched and glossy neck, and dark and fiery eye!
    —Caroline Sheridan Norton (1808–1877)

    ‘Tis safest in matrimony to begin with a little aversion.
    —Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751–1816)

    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.
    —Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751–1816)