Quote #4559
I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble.
Quote #26879
To be nobody-but-yourself — in a world which is doing its best, night and...
Quote #33629
By force of arms.
Quote #28314
We like to praise birds for flying. But how much of it is actually...
Quote #18036
I could not, at any age, be content to take my place by the...
Quote #3107
It is the wretchedness of being rich that you have to live with rich...
Quote #20165
He who is in love with himself has at least this advantage he won’t...
Quote #3406
Whenever we read the obscene stories, the voluptuous debaucheries, the cruel and torturous executions,...
Quote #30246
Virtues are acquired through endeavor, Which rests wholly upon yourself. So, to praise others...
Quote #17547
Be modest It is the kind of pride least likely to offend.