There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out the vice without eradicating the virtue. – Oliver Goldsmith
A man who leaves home to mend himself and others is a philosopher; but he who goes from country to country, guided by the blind impulse of curiosity, is a vagabond. – Oliver Goldsmith
A great source of calamity lies in regret and anticipation; therefore a person is wise who thinks of the present alone, regardless of the past or future. – Oliver Goldsmith
All that a husband or wife really wants is to be pitied a little, praised a little, and appreciated a little. – Oliver Goldsmith
Life is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the roads and accommodations. – Oliver Goldsmith
Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it seldom has justice enough to accuse. – Oliver Goldsmith
Ceremonies are different in every country, but true politeness is everywhere the same. – Oliver Goldsmith
The company of fools may first make us smile, but in the end we always feel melancholy. – Oliver Goldsmith
When lovely woman stoops to folly, and finds too late that men betray, what charm can soothe her melancholy, what art can wash her guilt away? – Oliver Goldsmith
Friendship is a disinterested commerce between equals; love, an abject intercourse between tyrants and slaves. – Oliver Goldsmith
I love everything that’s old, – old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine. – Oliver Goldsmith
Romance and novel paint beauty in colors more charming than nature, and describe a happiness that humans never taste. How deceptive and destructive are those pictures of consummate bliss! – Oliver Goldsmith
Be not affronted at a joke. If one throw salt at thee, thou wilt receive no harm, unless thou art raw. – Oliver Goldsmith