Quote #8102
The word “happiness” would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness.
Quote #28200
It’s interesting to think that my ancestors used to live in the trees, like...
Quote #20054
Learn to see in another’s calamity the ills which you should avoid.
Quote #7685
Few are agreeable in conversation, because each thinks of what he intends to say...
Quote #11757
Good seamanship is recovering from an incident at sea. Great seamanship is avoiding an...
Quote #8054
It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of...
Quote #15315
A true history of human events would show that a far larger proportion of...
Quote #21531
If an elderly but distinguished scientist says that something is possible, he is almost...
Quote #6394
Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.
Quote #25664
But of all plagues, good Heaven, thy wrath can send, Save me, oh, save...