Quote #3909
The prime purpose of eloquence is to keep other people from talking.
Quote #27802
That we can comprehend the little we know already is mindboggling in itself.
Quote #4163
For rarely are sons similar to their fathers: most are worse, and a few...
Quote #14860
Who escapes duty, avoids a gain.
Quote #14295
Let us talk sense to the American people. Let us tell them the truth,...
Quote #22195
A hotel isn’t like a home, but it’s better than being a house guest.
Quote #4382
Idleness and lack of occupation tend – nay are dragged – towards evil.
Quote #29730
A popular government without popular information or the means of acquiring it, is but...
Quote #8241
Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good...
Quote #11015
What importance can we attach to the things of this world? Friendship? It disappears...