Quote #2208
He who despairs over an event is a coward, but he who holds hope...
Quote #32927
Intelligence is quickness to apprehend as distinct from ability, which is capacity to act...
Quote #6463
We know very little, and yet it is astonishing that we know so much,...
Quote #22883
An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure...
Quote #734
There is a time for departure even when there is no certain place to...
Quote #10678
It is impossible to say just what I mean!
Quote #14705
Heat and animosity, contest and conflict, may sharpen the wits, although they rarely do;...
Quote #3236
There is no satisfaction in hanging a man who does not object to it.
Quote #29082
It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.
Quote #6126
The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world;...