Quote #76
It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to...
Quote #398
Never trust a husband too far or a bachelor too near.
Quote #19942
When men are easy in their circumstances, they are naturally enemies to innovations.
Quote #34772
As a scientist, I am not sure anymore that life can be reduced to...
Quote #8363
The world of the happy is quite different from that of the unhappy.
Quote #22598
Thus have the gods spun the thread for wretched mortals that they live in...
Quote #6489
Proof is the idol before whom the pure mathematician tortures himself.
Quote #19537
As a rule, what is out of sight disturbs men’s minds more seriously than...
Quote #29920
The more severe the pain or illness, the more severe will be the necessary...
Quote #20948
They have been at a great feast of languages, and stolen the scraps.