Find fault, when you must find fault, in private, if possible; and some time after the offense, rather than at the time.
Sydney SmithDo not try to push your way through to the front ranks of your profession; do not run after distinctions and rewards; but do your utmost to find an entry into the world of beauty.
Sydney SmithLife is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of existence.
Sydney SmithThe thing about performance, even if it's only an illusion, is that it is a celebration of the fact that we do contain within ourselves infinite possibilities.
Sydney Smith