Quote #4590
A great obstacle to happiness is to anticipate too great a happiness.
Quote #6018
Always design a thing by considering it in its next larger context — a...
Quote #21174
When you have a number of disagreeable duties to perform, always do the most...
Quote #6281
The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled...
Quote #12881
I don’t use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough.
Quote #15869
I see my body as an instrument, rather than an ornament.
Quote #1142
One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good...
Quote #13722
A good way to keep a mob of peasants from killing your monster is...
Quote #9593
Every man is as Heaven made him, and sometimes a great deal worse.
Quote #5505
Persuasion is often more effectual than force.