Quote #4094
You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.
Quote #21687
The greatest wealth is to live content with little.
Quote #2675
…it is as hard to do your duty when men are sneering at you...
Quote #18131
And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm.
Quote #32534
I’m convinced there’s a small room in the attic of the Foreign Office where...
Quote #2968
That orgy of wishful thinking that has passed for logic in the present century.
Quote #5740
The saddest failures in life are those that come from not putting forth the...
Quote #13304
Who is more busy than he who hath least to do?
Quote #33801
Personally I think birthdays and anniversaries are like menstrual cramps, a regular pain in...
Quote #11751
To die for an idea is to place a pretty high price upon conjectures.