Quote #8494
All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that...
Quote #689
Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted.
Quote #4189
Observe due measure, for right timing is in all things the most important factor.
Quote #28555
The weather-cock on the church spire, though made of iron, would soon be broken...
Quote #2808
Name me an emperor who was ever struck by a cannonball.
Quote #7936
But in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and...
Quote #14978
Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it by the handle...
Quote #22808
Talent, lying in the understanding, is often inherited genius, being the action of reason...
Quote #25306
Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost...
Quote #24991
A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing...