On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting, 'Twas only when he was off, he was acting.
Oliver GoldsmithThose who place their affections at first on trifles for amusement, will find these trifles become at last their most serious concerns.
Oliver GoldsmithPolitics resemble religion; attempting to divest either of ceremony is the most certain mode of bringing either into contempt.
Oliver GoldsmithWhile Resignation gently slopes away, And all his prospects brightening to the last, His heaven commences ere the world be past.
Oliver Goldsmith