Tobias Smollett

Facts are stubborn things.

— Tobias Smollett

Thy spirit, Independence, let me share,Nor heed the storm that howls along the sky.

— Tobias Smollett

Those sculptur'd halls my feet shall never tread,And forge vile shackles for the free-born mind.

— Tobias Smollett

Writing is all a lottery -- I have been a loser by the works of the greatest men of the age.

— Tobias Smollett

Thy fatal shafts unerring move,I bow before thine altar, Love!

— Tobias Smollett

Keen are the pangsAnd virtue crowns the sacred scene.

— Tobias Smollett

To-day, in snow array'd, stern winter rulesExpect revolving bliss?

— Tobias Smollett

To exultAnd the mean triumph of a dastard soul.

— Tobias Smollett

True courage scornsAnd, to the valiant, actions speak alone.

— Tobias Smollett

To send the injur'd unredress'd away,Degrades, denies, and should dethrone a king!

— Tobias Smollett