Man wants but little here below, nor wants that little long.
Oliver Goldsmith

Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall.
Oliver Goldsmith

Our greatest glory consists not in never failing, but in rising every time we fall.
Oliver Goldsmith

Where wealth accumulates, men decay.
Oliver Goldsmith

The best way to make your audience laugh is to start laughing yourself.
Oliver Goldsmith

I love everything that's old, - old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine.
Oliver Goldsmith

A great source of calamity lies in regret and anticipation; therefore a person is wise who thinks of the present alone, regardless of the past or future.
Oliver Goldsmith