Quote #7144
All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsion,...
Quote #4324
Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy...
Quote #18775
Knowledge of the self is the mother of all knowledge. So it is incumbent...
Quote #22804
Our quaint metaphysical opinions, in an hour of anguish, are like playthings by the...
Quote #31438
Life is an error-making and an error-correcting process, and nature in marking man’s papers...
Quote #385
The only aspect of our travels that is interesting to others is disaster.
Quote #22647
We never know the worth of water ’til the well is dry.
Quote #15744
Children have neither a past nor a future. Thus they enjoy the present –...
Quote #27788
The metaphor is perhaps one of man’s most fruitful potentialities. Its efficacy verges on...
Quote #1843
One of these days, the people are going to demand peace of the government,...