Quote #8804
My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.
Quote #3874
Would you live with ease, do what you ought, and not what you please.
Quote #5708
Some books are to be tasted, others swallowed, and some few to be chewed...
Quote #4246
One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.
Quote #8415
Many brave men lived before Agamemnon but all are overwhelmed in eternal night, unwept,...
Quote #17681
We understand death for the first time when he puts his hand upon one...
Quote #2086
A gift, with a kind countenance, is a double present.
Quote #8294
It is unwise to be too sure of one’s own wisdom. It is healthy...
Quote #9091
Do not remove a fly from your friend’s forehead with a hatchet.
Quote #7995
The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedients, and by parts.