Quote #34234
No important institution is ever merely what the law makes it. It accumulates about...
Quote #34853
We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.
Quote #6817
Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of...
Quote #12482
I think it is good that books still exist, but they make me sleepy.
Quote #12935
Kind words are short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.
Quote #34019
I can’t think of any sorrow in the world that a hot bath wouldn’t...
Quote #7156
The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a Heaven of...
Quote #22522
There is a time to be timid. There is a time to be conciliatory....
Quote #23806
The most disadvantageous peace is better than the most just war.
Quote #16475
Don’t simply retire from something have something to retire to.