Austen Jane 1775-1817
There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.
The Book of Common Prayer
Psalm 23 v.4
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff comfort me.
Bulwer-Lytton Edward 1803-1873
A good cigar is as great a comfort to a man as a good cry is to a woman.
Chesterton G.K. 1874-1936
The Ballad of the White Horse
I tell you naught for your comfort,
Yea, naught for your desire,
Save that the sky grows darker yet
And the sea rises higher.
Drayton Michael 1563-1631
The Baron's Wars
Ill news hath wings, and with the wind doth do,
Comfort's a cripple and comes ever slow.
Dunne Finley Peter 1867-1936
Comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.
Kennedy John F. 1917-1963
Too often we ... enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.
King Martin Luther 1929-1968
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of
challenge and controversy.
Kingsley Charles 1819-1875
We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us really happy is something to be
enthusiastic about.
Latimer Hugh c.1485-1555
(prior to being burned for heresy)
Be of good comfort Master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle by God's grace in England, as (I trust) shall never be put out.
Lowell Amy 1874-1925
Take a winter as you find him and he turns out to be a thoroughly honest fellow with no nonsense in him: and tolerating none in you, which is a great comfort in the long run.
Macaulay Baron (Thomas Babington) 1800-1859
Essays ... ‘Samuel Johnson' (of writers)
They knew luxury; they knew beggary; but they never knew comfort.
Nietzsche Friedrich 1844-1900
Jenseits von Gut und Böse
The thought of suicide is a great source of comfort: with it a calm passage is to be made across many a bad night.
Pascal Blaise 1623-1662
Pensées
Comfort yourself, you would not seek me if you had not found me.
Shakespeare William 1564-1616
King John
I beg cold comfort; and you are so strait
And so ingrateful, you deny me that.
Smith Stevie 1902-1971
Novel on Yellow Paper
If you cannot have your dear husband for a comfort and a delight, for a breadwinner and a crosspatch, for a sofa, chair or a hot-water
bottle, one can use him as a Cross to be Borne.
Fadiman Clifton
When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to make you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable.
Harlow Jean 1911-1937
in Hell's Angels
"Excuse me while I slip into something more comfortable."
Keats John 1795-1821
Letter to George and Georgiana Keats
All clean and comfortable I sit down to write.
Marquis Don 1878-1937
archy does his part
boss there is always
a comforting thought
in time of trouble when
it is not our trouble.
Bacon Francis 1561-1626
Essays ‘Of Adversity'
Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; and adversity is not without comforts and hopes.
Shakespeare William 1564-1616
Venus and Adonis
Love comforteth like sunshine after rain.