Richard Brinsley Sheridan Quotes

You know it is not in my Interest to pay the Principal; nor is it my Principal to pay the Interest.

The Right Honorable gentleman is indebted to his memory for his jests and to his imagination for his facts.

A bumper of good liquor will end a contest quicker Than justice, judge, or vicar.

I had rather follow you to your grave than see you owe your life to any but a regular – bred physician.

Conscience has no more to do with gallantry than it has with politics.

Our ancestors are very good kind of folks; but they are the last people I should choose to have a visiting acquaintance with.

If it is abuse, why one is always sure to hear of it from one damned good-natured friend or anoth.