Quote #23136
All government — indeed, every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue and every prudent...
Quote #17909
I have learned throughout my life as a composer chiefly through my mistakes and...
Quote #2376
We can learn much from wise words, little from wisecracks, and less from wise...
Quote #3005
A child of my own! Oh, no, no, no! Let my flesh perish with...
Quote #18778
We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.
Quote #4556
The years as they pass plunder us of one thing after another.
Quote #549
I prefer liberty to chains of diamonds.
Quote #22439
Under a tattered cloak you will generally find a good drinker.
Quote #12917
If you look after the pennies, the dollars will look after themselves.
Quote #1408
Our feelings are our most genuine paths to knowledge.