Quote #7376
Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labour the body.
Quote #7685
Few are agreeable in conversation, because each thinks of what he intends to say...
Quote #5020
You think your pains and heartbreaks are unprecedented in the history of the world,...
Quote #28515
Aim at the sun, and you may not reach it but your arrow will...
Quote #1901
It is not enough to succeed; others must fail.
Quote #6533
Providence protects children and idiots. I know because I have tested it.
Quote #7043
The knowledge of the world is only to be acquired in the world, and...
Quote #10061
We must believe in ourselves or no one else will believe in us; we...
Quote #22031
Gentlemen, it is better to have died as a small boy than to fumble...
Quote #21637
To die for an idea is to set a rather high price upon conjecture.