Quote #25164
I believe it is the nature of people to be heroes, given the chance.
Quote #27047
Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown...
Quote #10586
The wisest men follow their own direction.
Quote #9949
I have an idea that some men are born out of their due place....
Quote #6312
Worries go down better with soup than without.
Quote #8848
The reason why so few people are agreeable in conversation is that each is...
Quote #16933
The things taught in colleges and schools are not an education, but the means...
Quote #24753
His resolve is not to seem, but to be, the best.
Quote #17058
‘We’re always lucky,’ I said and like a fool I did not knock on...
Quote #14076
What is allowed us is disagreeable, what is denied us causes us intense desire.