Quote #27193
Children have to be educated, but they have also to be left to educate...
Quote #21407
When we lose one blessing, another is often, most unexpectedly, given in its place.
Quote #17982
It is possible to fail in many ways…while to succeed is possible only in...
Quote #13758
Dost thou not know, my son, with how little wisdom the world is governed?
Quote #20619
If I should ever be captured, I want no negotiation-and if I should request...
Quote #21303
The reserve of modern assertions is sometimes pushed to extremes, in which the fear...
Quote #21010
It is easy to despise what you cannot get.
Quote #15518
It is the mind that maketh good or ill, that maketh wretch or happy,...
Quote #500
Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.
Quote #9875
Not all treasure is silver and gold, mate.