It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can only do little – do what you can. – Sydney Smith
A comfortable house is a great source of happiness. It ranks immediately after health and a good conscience. – Sydney Smith
In the country I always fear that creation will expire before tea-time. – Sydney Smith
The weathercocks on spires and housetops were mysterious with hints of stormy wind, and pointed, like so many ghostly fingers, out to dangerous seas, where fragments of great wrecks were drifting, perhaps, and helpless men were rocked upon them into a sleep as deep as the unfathomable waters. – Charles Dickens, Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son