Quote #17480
Wealth and rank are what people desire, but unless they be obtained in the...
Quote #25346
There is nothing funny about Halloween. This sarcastic festival reflects, rather, an infernal demand...
Quote #23273
An apology for the devil it must be remembered that we have heard only...
Quote #2675
…it is as hard to do your duty when men are sneering at you...
Quote #27064
Imperious, choleric, irascible, extreme in everything, with a dissolute imagination the like of which...
Quote #21025
People often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves.
Quote #17338
He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.
Quote #17492
He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.
Quote #5698
The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in...
Quote #14591
Thus the metric system did not really catch on in the States, unless you...