A person that would secure to himself great deference will, perhaps, gain his point by silence as effectually as by anything he can say. William Shenstone More Quotes by William Shenstone More Quotes From William Shenstone Critics must excuse me if I compare them to certain animals called asses, who, by gnawing vines, originally taught the great advantage of pruning them. William Shenstone pruning vines animal Deference often shrinks and withers as much upon the approach of intimacy as the sensitive plant does upon the touch of one's finger. William Shenstone sensitive intimacy doe Every good poet includes a critic, but the reverse is not true. William Shenstone very-good critics poet Every single instance of a friend's insincerity increases our dependence on the efficacy of money. William Shenstone insincerity efficacy increase Grandeur and beauty are so very opposite, that you often diminish the one as you increase the other. Variety is most akin to the latter, simplicity to the former. William Shenstone simplicity opposites beauty Second thoughts oftentimes are the very worst of all thoughts. William Shenstone second-thoughts worst My banks they are furnish'd with bees, Whose murmur invites one to sleep. William Shenstone invites bees sleep The lines of poetry, the period of prose, and even the texts of Scripture most frequently recollected and quoted, are those which are felt to be preeminently musical. William Shenstone scripture lines musical Long sentences in a short composition are like large rooms in a little house. William Shenstone house writing long Independence may be found in comparative as well as in absolute abundance; I mean where a person contracts his desires within the limits of his fortune. William Shenstone independence desire mean To thee, fair Freedom! I retire From flattery, cards, and dice, and din: Nor art thou found in mansions higher Than the low cot, or humble inn. William Shenstone humble cards art Misers, as death approaches, are heaping up a chest of reasons to stand in more awe of him. William Shenstone awe approach reason It happens a little unluckily that the persons who have the most infinite contempt of money are the same that have the strongest appetite for the pleasures it procures. William Shenstone infinite money littles A man has generally the good or ill qualities which he attributes to mankind. William Shenstone success men life Whoe'er has travell'd life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have been, May sigh to think he still has found The warmest welcome at an inn. William Shenstone life dull thinking Patience is the panacea; but where does it grow, or who can swallow it? William Shenstone panacea doe patience People can commend the weather without envy. William Shenstone envy weather people Some men use no other means to acquire respect than by insisting on it; and it sometimes answers their purpose, as it does a highwayman's in regard to money. William Shenstone respect men mean Zealous men are ever displaying to you the strength of their belief. while judicious men are showing you the grounds of it. William Shenstone zealous belief men I hate a style, as I do a garden, that is wholly flat and regular; that slides along like an eel, and never rises to what one can call an inequality. William Shenstone garden hate writing
