Quote #27558
The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas...
Quote #18217
I have always believed that all things depended upon Fortune, and nothing upon ourselves.
Quote #2387
Jury: a group of twelve men who, having lied to the judge about their...
Quote #19818
No stranger can get a great many notes of torture out of a human...
Quote #20463
What is called genius is the abundance of life and health.
Quote #16858
It seems to me that perfection of means and confusion of goals seems to...
Quote #13719
Chance fights ever on the side of the prudent.
Quote #20973
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.
Quote #18911
Action may not always bring happiness but there is no happiness without action.
Quote #4608
We can learn even from our enemies.