Those who place their affections at first on trifles for amusement, will find these trifles become at last their most serious concerns.
Oliver GoldsmithA modest woman, dressed out in all her finery, is the most tremendous object of the whole creation.
Oliver GoldsmithThere is nothing so absurd or ridiculous that has not at some time been said by some philosopher. Fontenelle says he would undertake to persuade the whole public of readers to believe that the sun was neither the cause of light or heat, if he could only get six philosophers on his side.
Oliver Goldsmith