Quote #19789
Science is a first-rate piece of furniture for a man’s upper chamber, if he...
Quote #7611
Let them hate so long as they fear. (Oderint Dum Metuant)
Quote #19750
It is certainly desirable to be well descended, but the glory belongs to our...
Quote #21556
Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means pushing back...
Quote #1720
A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.
Quote #13805
Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win...
Quote #25259
This–this was what made life a moment of quiet, the water falling in the...
Quote #31889
Nothing is so perfectly amusing as a total change of ideas.
Quote #16248
Vacant minds must have their uses, yet it seems a pity to waste first-class...
Quote #12824
He who never made a mistake never made a discovery.