Quote #11379
Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as...
Quote #6681
Looking back, I have this to regret, that too often when I loved, I...
Quote #1414
Thoughts, like fleas, jump from man to man, but they don’t bite everybody.
Quote #19350
I don’t know that I ever wanted greatness, on its own. It seems rather...
Quote #21280
The height of cleverness is to be able to conceal it.
Quote #9831
Our minds thus grow in spots and like grease spots, the spots spread. But...
Quote #18801
Character is doing the right thing when nobody’s looking. There are too many people...
Quote #11128
Feeding the starving poor only increases their number.
Quote #5545
A well written life is almost as rare as a well spent one.
Quote #3985
Poetry should please by a fine excess and not by singularity. It should strike...