Quote #14249
The great end of life is not knowledge but action.
Quote #6470
There are in fact two things, science and opinion; the former begets knowledge, the...
Quote #31659
Nothing ever gets settled in this town. … a seething debating society in which...
Quote #6282
What we play is life.
Quote #1590
Thus, in a real sense, I am constantly writing autobiography, but I have to...
Quote #20382
Listen or your tongue will keep you deaf.
Quote #6005
Never seem more learned than the people you are with. Wear your learning like...
Quote #29412
Tis the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, and have her nonsense respected.
Quote #3909
The prime purpose of eloquence is to keep other people from talking.
Quote #8468
I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set it free.