Quote #2487
A family is but too often a commonwealth of malignants.
Quote #6452
Imagination helps bring out the realism of every detail and only sees the beauties...
Quote #31104
Human beings, for all their pretensions, have a remarkable propensity for lending themselves to...
Quote #13719
Chance fights ever on the side of the prudent.
Quote #24217
The highest destiny of the individual is to serve rather than to rule.
Quote #16396
The most enviable writers are those who, quite often unanalytically and unconsciously, have realized...
Quote #778
I despise the pleasure of pleasing people that I despise.
Quote #1969
We have not lost faith, but we have transferred it from God to the...
Quote #23190
No more good must be attempted than the people can bear.
Quote #17342
There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.