Quote #24925
All is ephemeral,–fame and the famous as well.
Quote #23017
The father is always a Republican toward his son, and his mother’s always a...
Quote #13512
I never know how much of what I say is true.
Quote #32889
Curiosity is as much the parent of attention, as attention is of memory.
Quote #25753
Un sot trouve toujours un plus sot qui l’admire. (A fool always finds a...
Quote #13621
Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope.
Quote #25708
Nature uses as little as possible of anything.
Quote #5987
Honor has not to be won; it must only not be lost.
Quote #7110
The meanest, most contemptible kind of praise is that which first speaks well of...
Quote #1926
I think of life as a good book. The further you get into it,...