Quote #11901
Our life is frittered away by detail. An honest man has hardly need to...
Quote #12123
The chief weapon of sea pirates, however, was their capacity to astonish. Nobody else...
Quote #11956
If you cannot convince them, confuse them.
Quote #20725
Music makes one feel so romantic – at least it always gets on one’s...
Quote #15514
I was always puzzled by the fact that people have a great deal of...
Quote #5796
Any necessary work that pays an honest wage carries its own honor and dignity.
Quote #22151
In every affair consider what precedes and what follows, and then undertake it.
Quote #20245
One should believe in marriage as in the immortality of the soul.
Quote #10944
For if you suffer your people to be ill-educated, and their manners to be...
Quote #8444
I am free of all prejudice. I hate everyone equally.