Quote #1853
Fame is a vapor; popularity an accident; the only earthly certainty is oblivion.
Quote #2303
Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance,...
Quote #17469
The wheel of fortune turns round incessantly, and who can say to himself, I...
Quote #27077
All universal moral principles are idle fantasies.
Quote #1093
If there is one basic element in our Constitution, it is civilian control of...
Quote #17210
The supreme happiness in life is the conviction that we are loved — loved...
Quote #1354
Variety is the soul of pleasure.
Quote #23891
Men fear death, as children fear to go in the dark and as that...
Quote #25407
To find a fault is easy to do better may be difficult.
Quote #12830
History is moving, and it will tend toward hope, or tend toward tragedy.