Quote #14684
All ambitions are lawful except those that climb upward on the miseries or credulities...
Quote #7967
Being another character is more interesting than being yourself.
Quote #17820
When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could...
Quote #34806
I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.
Quote #419
Humor is the first of the gifts to perish in a foreign tongue.
Quote #11465
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
Quote #7756
I pray you bear me henceforth from the noise and rumour of the field,...
Quote #8288
What a good thing Adam had. When he said a good thing he knew...
Quote #28943
Pleasure is the carrot dangled to lead the ass to market or the precipice.
Quote #9014
We strain to renew our capacity for wonder, to shock ourselves into astonishment once...