Quote #32774
The greater part of happiness or misery depends on our dispositions, not our circumstances.
Quote #2173
Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends [life, liberty, and the...
Quote #33440
If you’re trying to take a roomful of people by surprise, it’s a lot...
Quote #11709
Men may seem detestable as joint stock-companies and nations; knaves, fools, and murderers there...
Quote #24518
As ill-luck would have it.
Quote #28920
Physical pain however great ends in itself and falls away like dry husks from...
Quote #19731
If women didn’t exist, all the money in the world would have no meaning.
Quote #26870
Existence, as we know it, is full of sorrow. To mention only one minor...
Quote #23219
The basis of our government being the opinion of the people, the very first...
Quote #10311
Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.