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Quotes by Lord Lyttleton
Beauty, like wit, to judges should be shown; Both most are valued where they best are known.— filed under Beauty
Where none admire, 'tis useless to excel; Where none are beaux, 'tis vain to be a belle.— filed under Beauty
Pope's trans. Alas! by some degree of woe We every bliss must gain; The heart can ne'er a transport know, That never feels a pain.— filed under Bliss
Women, like princes, find few real friends.— filed under Friends
Who bids me Hope, and in that charming word Has peace and transport to my soul restor'd.— filed under Hope
The lover in the husband may be lost.— filed under Husband
None without hope e'er lov'd the brightest fair: But Love can hope where Reason would despair.— filed under Love
For his chaste Muse employed her heaventaught lyre None but the noblest passions to inspire, Not one immortal, one corrupted thought, One line, which dying he could wish to blot.— filed under Poets
The Professor at the Breakfast-Table. X. What is your sex's earliest, latest care, Your heart's supreme ambition? To be fair.— filed under Vanity
How much the wife is dearer than the bride.— filed under Wife
Introduction to Second Series. The Courtin'. St. 7. A cunning woman is a knavish fool.— filed under Sam'L Johnson-Seward's