Richard Sheridan Quotes
No.	Quotation	Subject
1	That old man dies prematurely whose memory records no benefits conferred. They only have lived long who have lived virtuously.	Aging
2	Our ancestors are very good kind of folks; but they are the last people I should choose to have a visiting acquaintance with.	Ancestor
3	Conscience has no more to do with gallantry than it has with politics.	Conscience
4	The right honourable gentleman is indebted to his memory for his jests, and to his imagination for his facts.	Memory
5	Dry be that tear, my gentlest love, Nor seasons, day, nor fate shall prove More fixed, more true than I. Hushed be that sigh, be dry that tear, Cease, boding doubt; cease, anxious fear - Dry be that tear. Ask'st thou how long my love will stay, When all that's new is past? How long? ah, Delia, can I say How long my life will last? Dry be that tear, be hushed that sigh; At least I'll love thee till I die - Hushed be that sigh.And does that thought affect thee too, The thought of Sylvio's death, That he who only breathed for you Must yield that faithful breath? Hushed be that sigh, be dry that tear, Nor let us lose our heaven here - Dry be that tear.	Sadness
6	The surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed.	Success
7	Through all the drama--whether damned or not-- Love gilds the scene, and women guide the plot.	Woman
8	You write with ease, to show your breeding, But easy writing's curst hard reading."	Authorship

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