Quote #24935
As surgeons keep their instruments and knives always at hand for cases requiring immediate...
Quote #12415
Hammer the iron that lies on your anvil instead of daydreaming about working silver.
Quote #1171
Sometimes it is more important to discover what one cannot do, than what one...
Quote #9626
Boredom is a finicky creature, never around when you need it, and always popping...
Quote #4934
Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble.
Quote #33738
I have learned to love that which is meant to harm me, so that...
Quote #25054
If you don’t run your own life, somebody else will.
Quote #6817
Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of...
Quote #18226
There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore,...
Quote #2675
…it is as hard to do your duty when men are sneering at you...