Quote #4104
When one is grateful for something too good for common thanks, writing is less...
Quote #3151
Where desire writhed there stands a stone; the change was sudden and complete.
Quote #20218
It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.
Quote #646
The advantage of a classical education is that it enables you to despise the...
Quote #2681
Genius is of no country.
Quote #2932
You must believe in God in spite of what the clergy say.
Quote #20961
The attempt and not the deed Confounds us.
Quote #15088
Genius might well be defined as the ability to makes a platitude sound as...
Quote #15266
Neither man or nation can exist without a sublime idea.
Quote #31949
More men fail through lack of purpose than lack of talent.