Quote #8858
It is a youthful failing to be unable to control one’s impulses.
Quote #13293
My life is music. And in some vague, mysterious, and subconscious way, I have...
Quote #16738
If you wish good advice, consult an old man.
Quote #11229
The discovery of a new dish does more for human happiness than the discovery...
Quote #4852
Man is the artificer of his own happiness.
Quote #5849
I wish they would only take me as I am.
Quote #5417
Oh, that way madness lies let me shun that.
Quote #7021
Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the...
Quote #5833
Don’t talk to me about naval tradition. It’s nothing but rum, sodomy and the...
Quote #12948
Life can’t ever really defeat a writer who is in love with writing, for...