Tis by no means the least of life's rules: To let things alone. —
Baltasar Gracian

I leave my parents here behind
And all my friends to love resigned
'
Tis grief to go, but death to stay
Farewell
I'm gone with love away. —
George Moses Horton
Tis an ill cook that cannot lick his own fingers. —
William Shakespeare

Ay, rail at gaming - '
tis a rich topic, and affords noble declamation. Go, preach against it in the city - you'll find a congregation in every tavern. —
Edward Moore
Tis an ill wind that blows no minds —
Gregory Hill
Tis true that tho' People can transcend their Characters in Times of Tranquillity, they can ne'er do so in Times of Tumult. —
Erica Jong

'
Tis a good thing to laugh at any rate; and if a straw can tickle a man, it is an instrument of happiness. —
John Dryden
Tis I that call, remember Milo's end, Wedged in that timber which he strove to rend. —
Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl Of Roscommon

To love you was pleasant enough. And, oh! '
tis delicious to hate you! —
Thomas Moore

But '
tis the talent of our English nation, Still to be plotting some new reformation. —
John Dryden

To set a gloss on faint deeds, hollow welcomes,
Recanting goodness, sorry ere '
tis shown;
But where there is true friendship, there needs none. —
William Shakespeare

But Montague is bound as well as I,
In penalty alike; and '
tis not hard, I think,
For men so old as we to keep the peace. —
William Shakespeare
Tis pleasant to stand on shore and watch others labouring in a stormy sea. —
Lucretius
Tis a thankless world —
Jean Webster

Death is the king of this world: '
Tis his park where he breeds life to feed him. Cries of pain are music for his banquet. —
George Eliot

I see a redness suddenly come
Into the evening's anxious breast
'
Tis the wound of love goes home! —
D.H. Lawrence
Tis unpleasant to meet a beggar. It is painful to deny him; and, if you relieve him, it is so much out of your pocket. —
Charles Lamb

Nay, it ain't got fleas, and '
tis a girl. —
Cecilia Dart-Thornton

Disguise our bondage as we will, '
Tis woman, woman, rules us still. —
Thomas Moore
Tis against some mens principle to pay interest, and seems against others interest to pay the principle. —
Benjamin Franklin

One ship goes East another West, By the self-same winds that blow; '
Tis the set of the sail and not the gale Which determines the way they go. —
Eric Butterworth

'
Tis no sin to cheat the devil. —
Daniel Defoe

Leave war to others; '
tis Protesilaus' part of love. —
Ovid
Tis best to be silent in a bad cause. —
Ovid
Tis "the witching time of night", / Orbed is the moon and bright, / And the stars they glisten, glisten, / Seeming with bright eyes to listen - —
John Keats

With what shift and pains we come into the World we remember not; but '
tis commonly found no easy matter to get out of it. —
Thomas Browne

Oh, '
tis not my qualities they object to! '
Tis my lack of vice. —
Georgette Heyer

For what we are about to receive, Oh Lord '
tis Thee we thank,' said the cannibal as he cut a slice off the missionary's shank. —
Yip Harburg
Tis sweet to listen as the night winds creep From leaf to leaf. —
Lord Byron

Grace! '
tis a charming Sound,
Harmonious to my Ear!
Heav'n with the Echo shall resound,
And all the Earth shall hear. —
Philip Doddridge
Tis admirable to consider, how Powerful the Kings are, yet they move by the Breath of their People. —
William Penn
Tis a very excellent piece of work, madam lady. Would 'twere done. —
William Shakespeare

'
Tis healthy to be sick sometimes. —
Henry David Thoreau

Pleasure is sweetest when '
tis paid for by another's pain. —
Ovid

For this relief much thanks. '
Tis bitter cold, and I am sick at heart. —
William Shakespeare

In love, '
tis no other than frantic desire for that which flies from us. —
Michel De Montaigne
Tis better to travel hopefully than to arrive?" I —
Jennifer Worth
Tis a common proof That lowliness is young ambition's ladder - WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, Julius Caesar —
Liaquat Ahamed
Tis the privilege of Art Thus to play its cheerful part, Man on earth to acclimate And bend the exile to his fate. —
Ralph Waldo Emerson

My language! heavens!I am the best of them that speak this speech. Were I but where '
tis spoken. —
William Shakespeare

Let thy fortune be what it will, '
tis thy mind alone that makes thee poor or rich, miserable or happy. —
Robert Burton

Do what ye must, but '
tis a sorry day when a man's betrothed willna grant him the divine pleasure only she can give. —
Maeve Greyson
Tis hatched and shall be so —
William Shakespeare
Tis a sure sign work goes on merrily, when folks sing at it. —
Isaac Bickerstaffe
Tis true I know what evil I shall do but passion overpowers the better council. —
Epictetus

Who will wear a shoe that hurts him, because the shoe-maker tells him '
tis well made? —
Algernon Sidney
Tis Better to Sit there and LOOK the fool, than to open your mouth and prove it. —
Mark Twain

When any opinion leads us into absurdities, '
tis certainly false; but '
tis not certain an opinion is false, because '
tis of dangerous consequence. —
David Hume

'
Tis only when they spring to Heaven that angels reveal themselves to you. —
Robert Browning
Tis impossible to be sure of any thing but death and taxes. —
Christopher Bullock

The King's cheese is half wasted in parings: But no matter, '
tis made of the people's milk. —
Benjamin Franklin
Tis hard to find God, but to comprehend
Him, as He is, is labour without end. —
Robert Herrick

Doth Nature draw me, '
tis because, Unto my seeming, there doth lurk A lawlessness about her laws, More mood than purpose in her work. —
Alfred Austin

'
Tis folly to be wise. —
Thomas Gray
Tis not your time, my love," he whispered. "You will not die tonight."
"Never," I said to him, "for I have been blessed by Death's Eternal Kiss. —
Charlotte Featherstone
Tis use alone that sanctifies expense
And splendor borrows all her rays from sense. —
Alexander Pope

Shed not for her a bitter tear; Nor give the heart to vain regret.
Tis but the casket that lies here; the gem that fills it sparkles yet. —
Belle Starr

'
Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. —
Alfred Lord Tennyson

every pirate and privateer has lurking within him the soul of an accountant. Though some would say '
tis the other way round. —
Neal Stephenson

Those who stay away from the election think that one vote will do no good. '
Tis but one step more to think one vote will do no harm. —
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Everything that is right or reasonable pleads for separation. The blood of the slain, the weeping voice of nature cries, '
tis time to part. —
Thomas Paine

'
Tis certain that our senses are extremely disproportioned for comprehending the whole compass and latitude of things. —
John Wilkins
Tis' better to live your own life imperfectly than to imitate someone else's perfectly. —
Elizabeth Gilbert

I laugh, for hope hath a happy place with me; If my boat sinks, '
tis to another sea. —
William Ellery Channing
Tis the curse of a woman of influence that she must always be reckoned unvirtuous. —
Susanna Kearsley

'
Tis social converse, animates the soul. —
Mercy Otis Warren

Then, everlasting Love , restrain thy will; '
Tis god -like to have power, but not to kill. —
John Fletcher

'
Tis well enough for a servant to be bred at an University. But the education is a little too pedantic for a gentleman. —
William Congreve

Adieu! '
tis love's last greeting, The parting hour is come! And fast thy soul is fleeting To seek its starry home. —
Pierre-Jean De Beranger

Cassandra: '
Tis too much thinking you do, Riley.
Riley: Yes, I do, and '
tis always of you —
Marie Ferrarella

I love thee - I love thee,
'
Tis all that I can say,
It is my vision in the night,
My dreaming in the day. —
Thomas Hood