Quote #2661
A duty dodged is like a debt unpaid; it is only deferred, and we...
Quote #32474
Show a leg or shake a leg.
Quote #31262
We would rather die on our feet than live on our knees.
Quote #25474
What a cunning mixture of sentiment, pity, tenderness, irony surrounds adolescence, what knowing watchfulness...
Quote #1471
A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is...
Quote #16500
There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.
Quote #23314
You can tell a lot about a fellow’s character by his way of eating...
Quote #2636
Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers.
Quote #11121
We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.
Quote #9084
Sleep after toil, port after stormy seas, ease after war, death after life does...