Quote #6027
Where principle is involved, be deaf to expediency.
Quote #16721
Grown-ups never understand anything for themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be...
Quote #34200
Affectation is a very good word when someone does not wish to confess to...
Quote #30291
My only hobby is laziness, which naturally rules out all others.
Quote #1465
Vegetarianism is harmless enough, though it is apt to fill a man with wind...
Quote #27551
There was never a good biography of a good novelist. There couldn’t be. He...
Quote #11786
Reality is only just a word.
Quote #28619
It is better to hide ignorance, but it is hard to do this when...
Quote #20220
Men are so simple and yield so readily to the desires of the moment...
Quote #8816
Nature has a great simplicity and therefore a great beauty.