Quote #123
It was a book to kill time for those who like it better dead.
Quote #8601
Times of general calamity and confusion create great minds. The purest ore is produced...
Quote #33793
Some people make headlines while others make history.
Quote #12123
The chief weapon of sea pirates, however, was their capacity to astonish. Nobody else...
Quote #33168
To my daughter Leonora without whose never failing sympathy and encouragement this book would...
Quote #7236
I make the most of all that comes, And the least of all that...
Quote #34273
We are alone, absolutely alone on this chance planet and, amid all the forms...
Quote #10200
There are many in the world dying for a piece of bread, but there...
Quote #27515
Living in the past is a dull and lonely business looking back strains the...
Quote #10041
Perseverance and audacity generally win.