Quote #20841
To wilful men, the injuries that they themselves procure must be their schoolmasters.
Quote #27018
Creatures whose mainspring is curiosity enjoy the accumulating of facts far more than the...
Quote #16572
The thing always happens that you really believe in and the belief in a...
Quote #18005
An act has no ethical quality whatever unless it be chosen out of several...
Quote #32443
If it weren’t for the last minute, a lot of things wouldn’t get done.
Quote #25593
Give me neither poverty nor riches.
Quote #4261
The people may be made to follow a path of action, but they may...
Quote #11757
Good seamanship is recovering from an incident at sea. Great seamanship is avoiding an...
Quote #30749
And the wind said May you be as strong as the oak, yet flexible...
Quote #4641
It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.