Sydney Smith Quotes
A comfortable house is a great source of happiness. It ranks immediately after health and a good conscience.
Holland, Saba Smith. A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. Vol. 2, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855, p. 488.
As hard as it is for us to imagine today, while her husband was President of the United States, the First Lady wrote a nationally syndicated newspaper column every single day with politics frequently the subject. While she usually agreed with the President, there were occasions where they seemed to not see things exactly the same. She tended to be more liberal than he. However, there were those who believed that when she criticized politicians, it was with FDR’s knowledge and blessing and she sometimes did his “dirty work.” Eleanor Roosevelt was one of the most influential people in the country—certainly more-so than any First Lady before and since.
Sydney Smith was an English wit, writer and Anglican cleric.
