Quote #19209
To my daughter Leonora without whose never failing sympathy and encouragement this book would...
Quote #15771
I quote others only in order the better to express myself.
Quote #21635
People always call it luck when you’ve acted more sensibly than they have.
Quote #21012
There is nothing to write about, you say. Well then, write and let me...
Quote #6589
When you play, play hard when you work, don’t play at all.
Quote #19884
Friendship make prosperity more shining and lessens adversity by dividing and sharing it.
Quote #19962
Lighter is the wound foreseen.
Quote #14636
Ardeat ipsa licet, tormentia gaudet amantis. (Though she may herself burn, she delights in...
Quote #14604
I’ve put in so many enigmas and puzzles that it will keep the professors...
Quote #15405
Education alone can conduct us to that enjoyment which is, at once, best in...