People seek within a short span of life to satisfy a thousand desires, each of which is insatiable.
Oliver GoldsmithYou, that are going to be married, think things can never be done too fast: but we that are old, and know what we are about, must elope methodically, madam.
Oliver GoldsmithA modest woman, dressed out in all her finery, is the most tremendous object of the whole creation.
Oliver GoldsmithOf praise a mere glutton, he swallow'd what came, And the puff a dunce, he mistook it for fame; Till his relish grown callous, almost to displease, Who pepper'd the highest was surest to please.
Oliver Goldsmith