Quote #32625
As long as people believe in absurdities, they will continue to commit atrocities.
Quote #26454
The pleasure is momentary, the position rediculous, and the expense damnable.
Quote #32872
Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends, and society are the natural enemies of...
Quote #1059
He had occasional flashes of silence, that made his conversation perfectly delightful.
Quote #23239
I read no newspaper now but Ritchie’s, and in that chiefly the advertisements, for...
Quote #18848
Our worst fault is our preoccupation with the faults of others.
Quote #33158
One does not sell the earth upon which the people walk.
Quote #30248
To Robert Fulton What, sir, would you make a ship sail against the wind...
Quote #10081
He who is sorrowful can force himself to smile, but he who is glad...
Quote #9609
If I am not making music, I have no reason for existing.