Quote #4550
To flee vice is the beginning of virtue, and to have got rid of...
Quote #2695
Of children as of procreation – the pleasure momentary, the posture ridiculous, the expense...
Quote #5829
Great wits are sure to madness near allied And thin partitions do their bounds...
Quote #14221
Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it...
Quote #16496
You can’t put the toothpaste back in the tube.
Quote #12157
Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered – either by themselves or by others.
Quote #4472
I call a fig a fig, a spade a spade.
Quote #31144
It is necessary for us to learn from others’ mistakes. You will not live...
Quote #21128
I don’t think the intelligence reports are all that hot. Some days I get...
Quote #23210
It is neither wealth nor splendor, but tranquility and occupation, which give happiness.