Quote #3552
Earthly minds, like mud walls, resist the strongest batteries; and though, perhaps, somethimes the...
Quote #3002
I do not want people to be agreeable, as it saves me the trouble...
Quote #24637
If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at...
Quote #16197
A little tact and wise management may often evade resistance, and carry a point,...
Quote #12817
He who is afraid to ask is ashamed of learning.
Quote #12660
Unfortunate is he who cannot gain a few sincere friends during his life and...
Quote #4701
Intellectual passion dries out sensuality.
Quote #2473
There are more pleasant things to do than beat up people.
Quote #15408
If, after all, men cannot always make history have meaning, they can always act...
Quote #19057
Silence is golden when you can’t think of a good answer.