Quote #11279
All pleasures contain an element of sadness.
Quote #18090
Let the gentle bush dig its root deep and spread upward to split the...
Quote #1764
Man is a clever animal who behaves like an imbecile.
Quote #4558
He wins every hand who mingles profit with pleasure.
Quote #29283
A blessed thing it is for any man or woman to have a friend,...
Quote #19302
Illusory joy is often worth more than genuine sorrow.
Quote #27284
I could not lose unless I was caught in bed with a dead girl...
Quote #29284
It’s all in the day’s work, as the huntsman said when the lion ate...
Quote #26185
I think all of us are looking at the future with yesterday’s eyes.
Quote #8672
Books have the same enemies as people: fire, humidity, animals, weather, and their own...