Quote #12212
Nothing more rapidly inclines a person to go into a monastery than reading a...
Quote #19193
He is a great simpleton who imagines that the chief power of wealth is...
Quote #20671
To be mature means to face, and not evade, every fresh crisis that comes.
Quote #20267
Courage and modesty are the most unequivocal of virtues, for they are of a...
Quote #15257
It is good to have money and the things that money can buy, but...
Quote #3139
Like dogs in a wheel, birds in a cage, or squirrels in a chain,...
Quote #15355
At the worst, a house unkept cannot be so distressing as a life unlived.
Quote #4628
My tongue swore, but my mind was still unpledged.
Quote #17176
There is hardly anything in the world that some man can’t make a little...
Quote #13701
The sound of fresh rain run-off splashing from the roof reminded me of the...