Quote #6160
Everything is a dangerous drug except reality, which is unendurable.
Quote #9579
Riches may enable us to confer favours, but to confer them with propriety and...
Quote #4599
Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.
Quote #34053
Being plied with fine food always puts me in mind of the slammer, cause...
Quote #19573
The men who are great live with that which is substantial, they do not...
Quote #34885
Honesty is the best image.
Quote #3739
Beware of too much laughter, for it deadens the mind and produces oblivion.
Quote #4411
Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to...
Quote #22045
The test of literature is, I suppose, whether we ourselves live more intensely for...
Quote #6248
There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid...