Quote #3078
My main reason for adopting literature as a profession was that, as the author...
Quote #3043
Nowadays a citizen can hardly distinguish between a tax and a fine, except that...
Quote #31539
If you listen to your fears, you will die never knowing what a great...
Quote #7087
Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool.
Quote #19874
As we acquire more knowldege, things do not become more comprehensible, but more mysterious.
Quote #18920
Conservatism discards Prescription, shrinks from Principle, disavows Progress having rejected all respect for antiquity,...
Quote #5295
Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty...
Quote #30386
You have gone far and we are proud of you always. I know that...
Quote #18009
Religion is the monumental chapter in the history of human egotism.
Quote #24975
A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and...