William Shenstone Quotes
The eye must be easy, before it can be pleased. - William Shenstone
The best time to frame an answer to the letters of a friend, is the moment you receive them. Then the warmth of friendship, and the intelligence received, most forcibly cooperate.
- William Shenstone
So sweetly she bade me adieu, I thought that she bade me return.
- William Shenstone
Sloth views the towers of Fame with envious eyes,
Desirous still, still impotent to rise. - William Shenstone
Desirous still, still impotent to rise. - William Shenstone
Second thoughts oftentimes are the very worst of all thoughts.
- William Shenstone
Poetry and consumption are the most flattering of diseases.
- William Shenstone
Of all that gives politeness birth,
Of all that claims to please,
In motion, manners, or in mirth,
The surest source is ease. - William Shenstone
Of all that claims to please,
In motion, manners, or in mirth,
The surest source is ease. - William Shenstone
Nothing is certain in London but expense.
- William Shenstone
Laws are generally found to be nets of such a texture, as the little creep through, the great break through, and the middle-sized are alone entangled in it.
- William Shenstone
Jealousy is the fear or apprehension of superiority: envy our uneasiness under it.
- William Shenstone
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