Looked as if she had walked straight out of the ark.

Looked as if she had walked straight out of the ark.
-- Sydney Smith (1769-1845)
-- Lady Holland's Memoir, Vol. i, p. 157

The Smiths never had any arms, and have invariably sealed their letters with their thumbs.
Sydney Smith (1769-1845) -- Lady Holland's Memoir...
We cultivate literature on a little oatmeal. -- Sydney Smith (1769-1845) -
Lady Holland's Memoir, Vol. i, p....
To take Macaulay out of literature and society and put him in the House of Commons,
is like taking the chief physician out of London during...
Ah, you flavour everything; you are the vanilla of society.
Sydney Smith (1769-1845) -- Lady Holland's Memoir...
As the French say, there are three sexes,--men, women,
and clergymen. -- Sydney Smith (1769-1845) -- Lady...
Avoid shame, but do not seek glory,--nothing so expensive as glory.
Sydney Smith (1769-1845) -- Lady Holland's Memoir...
Daniel Webster struck me much like a steam-engine in trousers.
Sydney Smith (1769-1845) -- Lady Holland's Memoir...
It is always right that a man should be able to render a reason for the faith that is within him.
Sydney Smith (1769-1845) -- Lady Holland's Memoir...
It requires a surgical operation to get a joke well into a Scotch understanding.
Sydney Smith (1769-1845) -- Lady Holland's Memoir...