Quote #21749
We are told that talent creates its own opportunities. But it sometimes seems that...
Quote #24399
The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas...
Quote #1376
I must govern the clock, not be governed by it.
Quote #24932
‘Let thine occupations be few,’ saith the sage, ‘if thou wouldst lead a tranquil...
Quote #14872
We are students of words; we are shut up in schools, and colleges, and...
Quote #2294
Gifts are like hooks.
Quote #28486
The nice thing about egotists is that they don’t talk about other people.
Quote #12810
He was a bold man that first ate an oyster.
Quote #26968
Of mortals there is no one who is happy. If wealth flows in upon...
Quote #24873
Let us be very careful not to fall into the trap of the world....