Quote #3168
All professions are conspiracies against the laity.
Quote #7016
Self discipline is that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man...
Quote #27551
There was never a good biography of a good novelist. There couldn’t be. He...
Quote #24472
It is very difficult to be wholly joyous or wholly sad on this earth....
Quote #26083
Love does not die easily. It is a living thing. It thrives in the...
Quote #15984
A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation...
Quote #30365
Shared joys make a friend, not shared sufferings.
Quote #12039
A life spent making mistakes is not only most honorable but more useful than...
Quote #27142
Some people don’t get it when I’m being sarcastic.
Quote #22468
I have impeached myself by resigning.