Quote #6810
Far from idleness being the root of all evil, it is rather the only...
Quote #16013
It is only necessary to make war with five things; with the maladies of...
Quote #27346
I felt like poisoning a monk.
Quote #24922
Such as are your habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of your...
Quote #27772
When it is not necessary to change, it is necessary not to change.
Quote #6930
Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits....
Quote #26873
A mighty pain to love it is, and ’tis a pain that pain to...
Quote #19749
Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.
Quote #13002
Hypocrisy is the homage which vice pays to virtue.
Quote #10753
Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let...