Quote #249
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.
Quote #19097
To be seventy years old is like climbing the Alps. You reach a snow-crowned...
Quote #18707
The meanest, most contemptible kind of praise is that which first speaks well of...
Quote #10782
We have placed too much hope in political and social reforms, only to find...
Quote #12497
The man who views the world at fifty the same as he did at...
Quote #31315
Before marriage, a man declares that he would lay down his life to serve...
Quote #21011
A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one...
Quote #3597
It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins...
Quote #11220
A man is judged by his deeds, not by his words.
Quote #8494
All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that...