Quote #20906
In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.
Quote #12997
There was never a good biography of a good novelist. There couldn’t be. He...
Quote #20254
The society of women is the element of good manners.
Quote #5419
How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is To have a thankless child
Quote #16301
The Queen Mother, with a lifetime’s popularity, seemed incapable of a bad performance as...
Quote #4350
Pardon one offense, and you encourage the commission of many.
Quote #8989
Nature provides exceptions to every rule.
Quote #2030
You see through love, and that deludes your sight, As what is straight seems...
Quote #17470
A ship in harbour is safe, but that is not what ships are built...
Quote #20851
Do not fight verbosity with words speech is given to all, intelligence to few.