Quote #1877
A state is not a mere society, having a common place, established for the...
Quote #10728
Music can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable.
Quote #1646
Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.
Quote #4157
Barometer, n. An ingenious instrument which indicates what kind of weather we are having.
Quote #21302
The truth. It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated...
Quote #9128
Happiness is like a sunbeam, which the least shadow intercepts, while adversity is often...
Quote #5833
Don’t talk to me about naval tradition. It’s nothing but rum, sodomy and the...
Quote #9044
Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well but the certainty...
Quote #6865
Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let...
Quote #19841
Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.