Quote #522
Only those books come down which deserve to last . All the gilt edges,...
Quote #6126
Charm is the quality in others that makes us more satisfied with ourselves.
Quote #10851
For his anger lasts only a brief moment, and his good favor restores one’s...
Quote #2737
Only the mediocre are always at their best.
Quote #13843
I think a good novel would be where a bunch of men on a...
Quote #20582
The most profound statements are often said in silence.
Quote #9884
Freedom is the emancipation from the arbitrary rule of other men.
Quote #9677
Nothing can so pierce the soul as the uttermost sigh of the body.
Quote #11928
Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duty, and so bear ourselves that, if...
Quote #3475
Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.