Quote #3431
The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness...
Quote #17290
Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way.
Quote #29068
Nature never says one thing, Wisdom another.
Quote #32634
People have declaimed against luxury for 2000 years, in verse and in prose, and...
Quote #7755
I conceive the essential task of religion to be “to develop the consciences, the...
Quote #3690
Without music, life would be a mistake.
Quote #9360
Life is an escalator: You can move forward or backward; you can not remain...
Quote #3070
I can think of nothing more boring for the American people than to have...
Quote #20038
I love tranquil solitude And such society As is quiet, wise, and good.
Quote #2311
What torture, this life in society! Often someone is obliging enough to offer me...