Quote #33562
The worst derangement of the spirit is to believe things because we want them...
Quote #32634
People have declaimed against luxury for 2000 years, in verse and in prose, and...
Quote #19952
I do not believe that sheer suffering teaches. If suffering alone taught, all the...
Quote #4277
Virtue is more to man than either water or fire. I have seen men...
Quote #8030
Tact is the knack of making a point without making an enemy.
Quote #21738
Man is the only creature that strives to surpass himself, and yearns for the...
Quote #19462
I am grieved that it should be said he is my brother, and take...
Quote #8537
The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you got to put...
Quote #31607
It may be said with a degree of assurance that not everything that meets...
Quote #29322
When we get too caught up in the busyness of the world we lose...