Quote #27175
Genius is present in every age, but the men carrying it within them remain...
Quote #22788
Nothing is as irritating as the fellow who chats pleasantly while he’s overcharging you.
Quote #4388
This is what extremely grieves us, that a man who never foughtShould contrive our...
Quote #7446
One can acquire everything in solitude – except character.
Quote #2320
A clergyman is one who feels himself called upon to live without working at...
Quote #11546
Censorship, like charity, should begin at home; but unlike charity, it should end there.
Quote #28299
People laugh when I say that I think a jellyfish is one of the...
Quote #10350
When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so...
Quote #17225
Separated lovers cheat absence by a thousand fancies which have their own reality. They...
Quote #7434
Now begins a torrent of words and a trickling of sense.