Quote #16746
Self-denial is not a virtue it is only the effect of prudence on rascality.
Quote #24519
They can expect nothing but their labour for their pains.
Quote #24846
Distinction is the consequence, never the object of a great mind.
Quote #5436
The most important work you and I will ever do will be within the...
Quote #15307
It is a poor wit who lives by borrowing the words, decisions, inventions and...
Quote #25158
The enthusiasm of a woman’s love is even beyond the biographer’s.
Quote #30592
Nothing had excited me-the huge cars, the entourages, the bodyguards, the policeman jumping to...
Quote #3929
There are only two ways of telling the complete truth–anonymously and posthumously.
Quote #17101
We do not regret the loss of our friends by reasons of their merit,...
Quote #6514
Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.