I chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, for qualities that would wear well. – Oliver Goldsmith
The company of fools may first make us smile, but in the end we always feel melancholy. – Oliver Goldsmith

I chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, for qualities that would wear well. – Oliver Goldsmith
The company of fools may first make us smile, but in the end we always feel melancholy. – Oliver Goldsmith
Aromatic plants bestow
no spicy fragrance while they grow;
but crushd or trodden to the ground,
diffuse their balmy sweets around. – Oliver Goldsmith
People seldom improve when they have no other model, but themselves to copy after. – Oliver Goldsmith