Quote #16125
Silence is one of the great arts of conversation, as allowed by Cicero himself,...
Quote #21461
Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand...
Quote #4913
An honest tale speeds best, being plainly told.
Quote #8573
The best audience is intelligent, well-educated, and a little drunk.
Quote #29471
Not being tense but ready. Not thinking but not dreaming. Not being set but...
Quote #30945
Use your enemy’s hand to catch a snake.
Quote #17135
We are never so happy or unhappy as we think.
Quote #22452
Never advise anyone to go to war or to marry.
Quote #26564
‘But it is always interesting when one doesn’t see,’ she added. ‘If you don’t...
Quote #12225
To display the greatest powers, unless they are applied to great purposes, makes nothing...