Quote #19827
The character of every act depends upon the circumstances in which it is done.
Quote #430
A conservative is a man who sits and thinks, mostly sits.
Quote #3705
…exaggerated turns of speech conceal mediocre affections: as if the fulness of the soul...
Quote #5063
Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
Quote #17077
Friends LOVE misery, in fact. Sometimes, especially if we are too luck or too...
Quote #5093
Approach each new problem not with a view of finding what you hope will...
Quote #14431
The very essence of literature is the war between emotion and intellect, between life...
Quote #30458
There is one certain means by which I can be sure never to see...
Quote #32273
It is as painful perhaps to be awakened from a vision as to be...
Quote #30252
Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought.