Quote #19782
To have doubted one’s own first principles is the mark of a civilized man.
Quote #17026
Reason often makes mistakes, but conscience never does.
Quote #16116
The highest manifestation of life consists in this: that a being governs its own...
Quote #23208
My theory has always been, that if we are to dream, the flatteries of...
Quote #17143
The greatest of all gifts is the power to estimate things at their true...
Quote #27559
Leave well – even ‘pretty well’ – alone that is what I learn as...
Quote #28660
The only difference between a pigeon and the American farmer today is that a...
Quote #25596
As iron sharpens iron, so a man sharpens the countance of his friend.
Quote #11233
A pessimist, confronted with two bad choices, chooses both.
Quote #3154
Platitude: an idea (a) that is admitted to be true by everyone, and (b)...