Quote #2990
Men should not try to overstrain their goodness more than any other faculty.
Quote #29383
Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the...
Quote #29653
Many of the truths we cling to depend greatly on our own point of...
Quote #7813
Great spirits have always encountered opposition from mediocre minds. The mediocre mind is incapable...
Quote #5396
The only obligation to which in advance we may hold a novel, without incurring...
Quote #34859
If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.
Quote #8329
It is impossible for an Englishman to open his mouth without making some other...
Quote #332
I believe in God, only I spell it Nature.
Quote #22727
Real life is, to most men, a long second-best, a perpetual compromise between the...
Quote #31126
Insecurity, commonly regarded as a weakness in normal people, is the basic tool of...