Richard Brinsley Sheridan Character Quotations

There are a set of malicious, prating, prudent gossips, both male and female, who murder characters to kill time; and will rob a young fellow of his good name before he has years to know the value of it.

A tale of scandal is as fatal to the credit of a prudent lady as a fever is generally to those of the strongest constitutions. But there is a sort of puny, sickly reputation, that is always ailing, yet will wither the robuster characters of a hundred prudes.

Here is the whole set! a character dead at every word.

I leave my character behind me.

I'm called away by particular business - but I leave my character behind me