Quote #13349
I long to accomplish a great and noble task; but it is my chief...
Quote #2326
The English think incompetence is the same thing as sincerity.
Quote #30213
As death, when we come to consider it closely, is the true goal of...
Quote #23693
It was such a lovely day I thought it was a pity to get...
Quote #23982
A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.
Quote #12977
I am for freedom of religion, & against all maneuvres to bring about a...
Quote #22143
We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as...
Quote #15310
There are two main human sins from which all the others derive: impatience and...
Quote #17599
Our greatest glory was not in never falling, but in rising when we fell.
Quote #20830
Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player, that struts and frets his hour...