Quote #23182
When angry, count ten before you speak if very angry, an hundred.
Quote #26222
In life, as in chess, forethought wins.
Quote #7043
The knowledge of the world is only to be acquired in the world, and...
Quote #23104
When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates...
Quote #23658
To greed, all nature is insufficient. – Hercules Oetaeus
Quote #20437
Whatever sentence will bear to be read twice, we may be sure was thought...
Quote #34834
A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.
Quote #17144
Some disguised deceits counterfeit truth so perfectly that not to be taken in by...
Quote #21620
The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware,...
Quote #30912
Keep quiet and people will think you a philosopher.