Quote #20272
The gifts of a bad man bring no good with them.
Quote #15120
The reason why great men meet with so little pity or attachment in adversity,...
Quote #6031
A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.
Quote #27540
There is no point at which you can say, ‘Well, I’m successful now. I...
Quote #10149
Certainly virtue is like precious odors, most fragrant when they are incensed, or crushed:...
Quote #15050
The love of our private friends is the only preparatory exercise for the love...
Quote #4296
Death is better, a milder fate than tyranny.
Quote #13049
If all men knew what each said of the other, there would not be...
Quote #31108
If the painter works directly from nature, he ultimately looks for nothing but momentary...
Quote #15852
Never reason from what you do not know. If you do, you will soon...