Quote #1862
Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.
Quote #30954
The greater love is a mother’s then comes a dog’s then a sweetheart’s.
Quote #32826
Failure is more frequently from want of energy than want of capital.
Quote #17538
We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide...
Quote #29388
Discourtesy does not spring merely from one bad quality, but from several–from foolish vanity,...
Quote #26150
No kingdom can be secured otherwise than by arming the people. The possession of...
Quote #2574
We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity – gunpowder...
Quote #26496
A good novel tells you the truth about its hero but a bad novel...
Quote #27781
If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race...
Quote #25515
Get thee glass eyes And, like a scurvy politician, seem To see the things...