All that a husband or wife really wants is to be pitied a little, praised a little, and appreciated a little. OLIVER GOLDSMITH Appreciation
Be not affronted at a joke. If one throw salt at thee, thou wilt receive no harm, unless thou art raw. 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 Melancholy
Ceremonies are different in every country, but true politeness is everywhere the same. OLIVER GOLDSMITH CulturePolite
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 Description