Quote #1955
Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth. I sat at a...
Quote #21772
Let every fox take care of his own tail.
Quote #16852
Only those books come down which deserve to last . All the gilt edges,...
Quote #31298
To bemoan the messiness of politics is not just a folly it betrays a...
Quote #30879
It is not a fish until it is on the bank.
Quote #11547
Jesus was a bachelor and never lived with a woman. Surely living with a...
Quote #13459
That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed with profit.
Quote #23093
I live in the crowds of jollity, not so much to enjoy company as...
Quote #24138
The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then...
Quote #2959
Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.