Quote #17098
Absence lessens the minor passions and increases the great ones, as the wind douses...
Quote #14644
Between eigtheen and twenty, life is like an exchange where one buys stocks, not...
Quote #19847
The quickest and shortest way to crush whatever laurels you have won is for...
Quote #32774
The greater part of happiness or misery depends on our dispositions, not our circumstances.
Quote #20211
Practice is everythingThis is often misquoted as Practice makes perfect.
Quote #19877
As soon as man does not take his existence for granted, but beholds it...
Quote #3757
Philosophy is a game with objectives and no rules. Mathematics is a game with...
Quote #17892
There are several good protections against temptations, but the surest is cowardice.
Quote #25598
Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are...
Quote #27167
I dwell in possibility.