Quote #23452
Dum loquimur invida aetas fugerit. (While we talk, hostile time flies away)
Quote #32186
Marriage teaches you loyalty, forbearance, self-restraint, meekness, and a great many other things you...
Quote #9188
The world changes, and all that once was strong now proves unsure.
Quote #31104
Human beings, for all their pretensions, have a remarkable propensity for lending themselves to...
Quote #5252
All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave...
Quote #15025
Many have been ruined by their fortunes, and many have escaped ruin by the...
Quote #29047
The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the...
Quote #11875
It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll, I...
Quote #19291
The reason that there are so few good books written is that so few...
Quote #16803
We don’t bother much about dress and manners in England, because as a nation...