Quote #1649
Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another.
Quote #8938
I dwell in possibility…
Quote #10603
My one aim was to do a thing well and to excel if possible.
Quote #229
Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.
Quote #6124
The world tolerates conceit from those who are successful, but not from anybody else.
Quote #18352
Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.
Quote #12964
For what is evil but good tortured by its own hunger and thirst? Verily,...
Quote #15221
It is impossible to make wisdom hereditary.
Quote #33182
On the outskirts of every agony sits some observant fellow who points.
Quote #26023
I doubt whether the world holds for anyone a more soul-stirring surprise than the...