Quote #21814
Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage’s whole existence is...
Quote #34536
Silence is more musical than any song.
Quote #3172
Every author, however modest, keeps a most outrageous vanity chained like a madman in...
Quote #18211
If you can’t bite, don’t show your teeth.
Quote #17338
He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.
Quote #566
The telephone is a good way to talk to people without having to offer...
Quote #795
The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that carries any reward.
Quote #11433
Discretion is knowing how to hide that which we cannot remedy.
Quote #4393
This only is denied to God: the power to undo the past.
Quote #8691
Conquering others takes force, conquering yourself is true strength.