Quote #7657
Praising what is lost makes the remembrance dear.
Quote #11678
Act as if were impossible to fail.
Quote #5993
If you wish to know what a man is, place him in authority.
Quote #31530
To take the measure of oneself by reference to one’s colleagues leads to envy...
Quote #8388
Be humble for you are made of earth. Be noble for you are made...
Quote #22623
There is a time for many words, and there is also a time for...
Quote #19495
Every man serves a useful purpose A miser, for example, makes a wonderful ancestor.
Quote #22146
Practise yourself, for heaven’s sake, in little things and thence proceed to greater.
Quote #17320
For God hates utterly The bray of bragging tongues.
Quote #12157
Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered – either by themselves or by others.