"Manners are like the shadows of virtues, they are the momentary display of those qualities which our fellow creatures love and respect."
― Sydney Smith
Topic(s):
Respect
More From Sydney Smith
- "Whatever you are by nature, keep to it; never desert your line of talent. Be what nature intended you for, and you will succeed."
- "Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of existence."
- "Madam, I have been looking for a person who disliked gravy all my life; let us swear eternal friendship."
More In Respect
- "Mary Tyler Moore was a working woman whose story lines were not always about dating and men. They were about work friendships and relationships, which is what I feel my adult life has mostly been about."― Tina Fey
- "They did that little thing on South Park, and they mentioned my name and had a character of me judging a Halloween contest. It was really funny.That made me the coolest aunt on earth."― Tina Yothers
- "One of the surprising things in this world is the respect a worthless man has for himself."― E. W. Howe