Quote #15993
Vanity makes us do more things against inclination than reason.
Quote #6458
Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which...
Quote #34806
I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.
Quote #15348
Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength...
Quote #9108
Make visible what, without you, might perhaps never have been seen.
Quote #32583
Greatness is the dream of youth realized in old age.
Quote #6077
Immortality. I notice that as soon as writers broach this question they begin to...
Quote #25321
Literature … is the rediscovery of childhood.
Quote #21027
It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow.
Quote #13855
The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.