Quote #14975
Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the...
Quote #2906
The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection that one...
Quote #12323
I have called this principle, by which each slight variation, if useful, is preserved,...
Quote #3318
L’amour vient de l’aveuglement, l’amitie de la connaissance. (Love comes from blindness, friendship from...
Quote #15222
In difficult and desperate cases, the boldest counsels are the safest.
Quote #5111
Some cause happiness wherever they go others whenever they go.
Quote #7902
Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by...
Quote #18128
I do not think myself to be a worm, and a grub, grass of...
Quote #14865
It is only the great hearted who can be true friends. The mean and...
Quote #9093
Those who do not read are no better off than those who cannot.