Quote #1511
A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs.
Quote #34541
A great preservative against angry and mutinous thoughts, and all impatience and quarreling, is...
Quote #7515
If one has no vanity in this life of ours, there is no sufficient...
Quote #24701
I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that...
Quote #24850
That’s the risk you take if you change that people you’ve been involved with...
Quote #11299
Anger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind.
Quote #28928
True happiness, we are told, consists in getting out of one’s self, but the...
Quote #21546
Life is too short for a long story.
Quote #17538
We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide...
Quote #23080
Every man wishes to be wise, and they who cannot be wise are almost...