Remember that when you meet your antagonist, to do everything in a mild agreeable manner. Let your courage be keen, but, at the same time, as polished as your sword. Richard Brinsley Sheridan on courage
He is indebted to his memory for his jests and to his imagination for his facts. Richard Brinsley Sheridan on imagination
I open with a clock striking, to beget an awful attention in the audience - it also marks the time, which is four o clock in the morning, and saves a description of the rising sun, and a great deal about gilding the eastern hemisphere. Richard Brinsley Sheridan on morning
Conscience has no more to do with gallantry than it has with politics. Richard Brinsley Sheridan on politics
To smile at the jest which plants a thorn in another's breast is to become a principal in the mischief. Richard Brinsley Sheridan on smile