Quote #20168
He was then in his fifty-fourth year, when even in the case of poets...
Quote #17905
Laws are sand, customs are rock. Laws can be evaded and punishment escaped but...
Quote #28755
A ship in port is safe, but that’s not what ships are built for.
Quote #18002
The essence of genius is to know what to overlook.
Quote #21059
Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man but for one man who can stand...
Quote #23317
Republicans believe every day is the Fourth of July, but Democrats believe every day...
Quote #2152
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying...
Quote #27225
There is an art of reading, as well as an art of thinking, and...
Quote #1488
It is only possible to live happily ever after on a day-to-day basis.
Quote #22728
A sense of duty is useful in work, but offensive in personal relations. People...