Quote #2494
Behind every great fortune there is a crime.
Quote #31772
Being over seventy is like being engaged in a war. All our friends are...
Quote #26512
What I’ve learned. . . . I’ve learned that just when I get my...
Quote #15866
Mere sorrow, which weeps and sits still, is not repentance. Repentance is sorrow converted...
Quote #17054
There are some things which cannot be learned quickly, and time, which is all...
Quote #2661
A duty dodged is like a debt unpaid; it is only deferred, and we...
Quote #9602
I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.
Quote #21231
Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books.
Quote #6025
Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in...
Quote #16069
The poor and the affluent are not communicating because they do not have the...