Quote #11281
The American mind, unlike the English, is not formed by books, but, as Carl...
Quote #2843
Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life’s...
Quote #19223
Things have dropped from me. I have outlived certain desires I have lost friends,...
Quote #4871
It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees
Quote #14573
If you could choose one characteristic that would get you through life, choose a...
Quote #4308
Depend not on fortune, but on conduct.
Quote #1166
Rest not Life is sweeping by go and dare before you die. Something mighty...
Quote #4240
Solitude is as needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character.
Quote #8459
Concentration is the ability to think about absolutely nothing when it is absolutely necessary.
Quote #13076
Nothing shocks me. I’m a scientist.