Quote #18413
The first recipe for happiness is Avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.
Quote #29289
History is a better guide than good intentions.
Quote #16654
This desk of mine is one at which a man may die, but from...
Quote #13054
If Columbus had an advisory committee he would probably still be at the dock.
Quote #30667
Money mad. My wife says I spend money like a drunken sailor. Wonder what...
Quote #21058
Talk that does not end in any kind of action is better suppressed altogether.
Quote #6113
There are no wise few. Every aristocracy that has ever existed has behaved, in...
Quote #28343
The tired and thirsty prospector threw himself down at the edge of the watering...
Quote #28358
We tend to scoff at the beliefs of the ancients. But we can’t scoff...
Quote #6360
In the field of observation, chance favors only the prepared mind.