Quote #7573
The best effect of any book is that it excites the reader to self-activity.
Quote #28078
Man talking confidently about God is like a toy talking confidently about man.
Quote #6031
A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.
Quote #319
In the future everyone will be world-famous for fifteen minutes.
Quote #17396
Courage and modesty are the most unequivocal of virtues, for they are of a...
Quote #6377
Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes...
Quote #17318
Nobody likes the man who brings bad news.
Quote #6855
Do not measure your loss by itself; if you do, it will seem intolerable;...
Quote #23093
I live in the crowds of jollity, not so much to enjoy company as...
Quote #23059
You must write for children in the same way as you do for adults,...