Quote #15944
Lost wealth may be replaced by industry, lost knowledge by study, lost health by...
Quote #4555
Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled.
Quote #26960
It’s counter to common sense, but common sense is only based on a very...
Quote #26393
On the Plains of Hesitation bleach the bones of countless millions, who, at the...
Quote #8392
This only is certain, that there is nothing certain; and nothing more miserable and...
Quote #32400
The only successful substitute for brains is silence.
Quote #13819
Everyone complains of his lack of memory, but nobody of his want of judgment.
Quote #12615
You are only as wise as others perceive you to be.
Quote #22153
Everything has two handles,–one by which it may be borne another by which it...
Quote #19047
We talk on principle, but we act on interest.