Quote #3033
The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man hardly anything.
Quote #9235
Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannize their...
Quote #32186
Marriage teaches you loyalty, forbearance, self-restraint, meekness, and a great many other things you...
Quote #16832
It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life, that no man can...
Quote #15359
Knowledge, like religion, must be “experienced” in order to be known.
Quote #14231
A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his...
Quote #32274
The essence of a general’s job is to assist in developing a clear sense...
Quote #15780
Thou ought to be nice, even to superstition, in keeping thy promises, and therefore...
Quote #22802
Exclusively of the abstract sciences, the largest and worthiest portion of our knowledge consists...
Quote #9187
To love at all is to be vulnerable.