Quote #12821
He who is slowest in making a promise is most faithful in its performance.
Quote #5512
War is a continuation of politics by other means.
Quote #2648
Henry James writes fiction as if it were a painful duty.
Quote #2823
I do not say a proverb is amiss when aptly and reasonably applied, but...
Quote #12064
There is nothing more helpless and irresponsible than a man in the depths of...
Quote #25595
Through patience a ruler can be persuaded, and a gentle tongue can break a...
Quote #4638
When you close your doors, and make darkness within, remember never to say that...
Quote #32827
If we work upon marble, it will perish if we work upon brass, time...
Quote #23864
There is no great genius without some touch of madness.
Quote #1706
Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible...