Quote #4382
Idleness and lack of occupation tend – nay are dragged – towards evil.
Quote #12125
The aim of science is not to open the door to infinite wisdom, but...
Quote #18142
The only reason for being a professional writer is that you can’t help it.
Quote #10201
No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money.
Quote #3366
My empty waterdish mocks me.
Quote #13802
The power of man has grown in every sphere, except over himself.
Quote #12155
That everybody is allowed to learn to read spoileth in the long run not...
Quote #4877
I cannot tell what the dickens his name is.
Quote #2617
A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it: it would be hell...
Quote #12014
We must never allow the future to be weighed down by memory. For children...