William Shenstone
William Shenstone
William Shenstonewas an English poet and one of the earliest practitioners of landscape gardening through the development of his estate, The Leasowes...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth18 November 1714
second-thoughts worst
Second thoughts oftentimes are the very worst of all thoughts.
sleep bees invites
My banks they are furnish'd with bees, Whose murmur invites one to sleep.
writing long house
Long sentences in a short composition are like large rooms in a little house.
reason approach awe
Misers, as death approaches, are heaping up a chest of reasons to stand in more awe of him.
want fool honest
Oft has good nature been the fool's defence, And honest meaning gilded want of sense.
life success men
A man has generally the good or ill qualities which he attributes to mankind.
best-friend answers letters
The best time to frame an answer to the letters of a friend, is the moment you receive them. Then the warmth of friendship, and the intelligence received, most forcibly cooperate.
goodbye farewell return
So sweetly she bade me adieu, I thought that she bade me return.
patience doe panacea
Patience is the panacea; but where does it grow, or who can swallow it?
weather people envy
People can commend the weather without envy.
respect mean men
Some men use no other means to acquire respect than by insisting on it; and it sometimes answers their purpose, as it does a highwayman's in regard to money.
witty fool
A fool and his words are soon parted.
envy people reason
There is nothing more universally commended than a fine day; the reason is that people can commend it without envy.
aunt lasts economy
The regard one shows economy, is like that we show an old aunt who is to leave us something at last.