Quote #14186
Laws do not persuade just because they threaten.
Quote #14653
Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
Quote #12681
One can acquire everything in solitude, except character.
Quote #7942
For that which is born death is certain, and for the dead birth is...
Quote #3483
Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.
Quote #22053
Talk of joy there may be things better than beef stew and baked potatoes...
Quote #30961
Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.
Quote #20407
That government is best which governs least. – from Civil Disobedience
Quote #28571
A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably...
Quote #19276
Those who restrain desire, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.