Quote #829
She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit.
Quote #15102
Providence has nothing good or high in store for one who does not resolutely...
Quote #33972
If any man wish to write in a clear style, let him be first...
Quote #6686
Humans are not proud of their ancestors, and rarely invite them round to dinner.
Quote #11410
Conversation is food for the soul.
Quote #26595
It is better to be making the news than taking it to be an...
Quote #14112
The creative act is not performed by the artist alone; the spectator brings the...
Quote #31316
Falling in love consists merely in uncorking the imagination and bottling the common-sense.
Quote #18946
It destroys one’s nerves to be amiable everyday to the same human being.
Quote #3169
Nothing to me is more distasteful than that entire complacency and satisfaction which beam...