Quote #1636
Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of...
Quote #18848
Our worst fault is our preoccupation with the faults of others.
Quote #7131
What an absurd thing it is to pass over all the valuable parts of...
Quote #16997
The best effect of fine persons is felt after we have left their presence.
Quote #14875
No use to shout at them to pay attention. If the situations, the materials,...
Quote #4224
It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.
Quote #34800
No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
Quote #26454
The pleasure is momentary, the position rediculous, and the expense damnable.
Quote #28860
It is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed, when that little...
Quote #13788
Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain...