Quote #24533
I say that good painters imitated nature but that bad ones vomited it.
Quote #9668
Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn.
Quote #16771
A learned man is an idler who kills time with study. Beware of his...
Quote #15472
Some people are so fond of ill-luck that they run half-way to meet it.
Quote #15309
Whoever is out of patience is out of possession of his soul. Men must...
Quote #24800
The trouble is that everyone talks about reforming others, and no one thinks about...
Quote #3150
Alimony is like buying oats for a dead horse.
Quote #30190
Work hard, live cheap, and save your money.
Quote #32617
I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one ‘O...
Quote #24353
The actual tragedies of life bear no relation to one’s preconceived ideas. In the...