Quote #19749
Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.
Quote #19900
What was significant about the laughter . . . was not just the fact...
Quote #27075
One must do violence to the object of one’s desire when it surrenders, the...
Quote #22657
In the morning be first up, and in the evening last to go to...
Quote #21058
Talk that does not end in any kind of action is better suppressed altogether.
Quote #8182
A little learning is a dangerous thing; drink deep, or taste not the Pierian...
Quote #18189
The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in...
Quote #1044
When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares...
Quote #6502
Modern war has decimated many a country; but it has always spawned millions of...
Quote #34581
I have been truthful all along the way. The truth is more interesting, and...