Quote #11369
Blood is inherited and virtue is acquired.
Quote #1594
Nothing, of course, begins at the time you think it did.
Quote #15975
The defects of the understanding, like those of the face, grow worse as we...
Quote #15596
If you give your son only one gift, let it be enthusiasm.
Quote #34418
Seek not, my soul, the life of the immortals but enjoy to the full...
Quote #34019
I can’t think of any sorrow in the world that a hot bath wouldn’t...
Quote #567
Most conversations are simply monologues delivered in the presence of a witness.
Quote #2571
Favorite animal: steak.
Quote #15150
Guilt upon the conscience, like rust upon iron, both defiles and consumes it, gnawing...
Quote #16197
A little tact and wise management may often evade resistance, and carry a point,...