Quote #1470
Working in the garden…gives me a profound feeling of inner peace.
Quote #20221
A wise man ought always to follow the paths beaten by great men, and...
Quote #19096
The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books.
Quote #23902
Children’s talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives.
Quote #3054
Man is a natural polygamist: he always has one woman leading him by the...
Quote #18947
What we anticipate seldom occurs what we least expected generally happens.
Quote #25404
I was court-martialled in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so...
Quote #20360
The only thing I was fit for was to be a writer, and this...
Quote #32776
All the problems of the world could be settled easily if men were only...
Quote #22565
There are in nature neither rewards nor punishments, there are consequences.