Quote #6019
When a nation goes down, or a society perishes, one condition may always be...
Quote #2395
Manners are especially the need of the plain. The pretty can get away with...
Quote #23723
I will show you fear in a handful of dust.
Quote #14523
I know not, sir, whether Bacon wrote the works of Shakespeare, but if he...
Quote #1563
Please give me some good advice in your next letter. I promise not to...
Quote #31828
Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.
Quote #3060
Every man is the architect of his own fortune.
Quote #28543
Expect everything, and anything seems nothing. Expect nothing, and anything seems everything.
Quote #14746
Strong beliefs win strong men, and then make them stronger.
Quote #23120
While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates. You must wait till...