Quote #14410
The weather-cock on the church spire, though made of iron, would soon be broken...
Quote #1336
I have learnt silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from...
Quote #3575
Man is never honestly the fatalist, nor even the stoic. He fights his fate,...
Quote #25585
Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the...
Quote #30931
Time gives good advice.
Quote #15049
Friendship will not stand the strain of very much good advice for very long.
Quote #26954
If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature,...
Quote #19784
One’s mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.
Quote #7678
Let your desires be ruled by reason. (Appetitus Rationi Pareat)
Quote #15993
Vanity makes us do more things against inclination than reason.