Quote #3716
One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.
Quote #1073
Better stop short than fill to the brim. Oversharpen the blade, and the edge...
Quote #17785
Nothing so needs reforming as other people’s habits.
Quote #29604
The penalty of success is to be bored by the attentions of people who...
Quote #4998
Inhabitants of underdeveloped nations and victims of natural disasters are the only people who...
Quote #12163
The truest expression of a people is in its dance and in its music....
Quote #11304
Anonymity is the truest expression of altruism.
Quote #18180
It is a besetting vice of democracies to substitute public opinion for law. This...
Quote #5969
Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.
Quote #33667
Underlying the whole scheme of civilization is the confidence men have in each other,...