If I were to begin life again, I would devote it to music. It is the only cheap and unpunished rapture upon earth.
Sydney SmithHis enemies might have said before that he talked rather too much; but now he has occasional flashes of silence, that make his conversation perfectly delightful.
Sydney SmithHow can a bishop marry? How can he flirt? The most he can say is "I will see you in the vestry after service."
Sydney Smith