Hope, like the gleaming taper's light

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Captivity, An Oratorio (1764), Act II..

English (original)

Hope, like the gleaming taper's light, Adorns and cheers our way; And still, as darker grows the night, Emits a brighter ray.

— Oliver Goldsmith

Such dainties to them, their health it might hurt; It's like sending them ruffles, when wanting a shirt.

There is no arguing with Johnson: for if his pistol misses fire, he knocks you down with the butt end of it.

A nightcap decked his brows instead of bay, A cap by night — a stocking all the day!

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law.

[To Mr. Johnson] If you were to make little fishes talk, they would talk like whales.