Quote #2834
Many a doctrine is like a window pane. We see truth through it but...
Quote #3985
Poetry should please by a fine excess and not by singularity. It should strike...
Quote #13341
On action alone be thy interest, Never on its fruits. Let not the fruits...
Quote #3044
It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets...
Quote #19777
To read a book for the first time is to make the acquaintance of...
Quote #17350
History’s lessons are no more enlightening than the wisdom of those who interpret them.
Quote #6374
The best armor is to keep out of range.
Quote #10117
Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current...
Quote #14592
I believe much trouble and blood would be saved if we opened our hearts...
Quote #17766
Solitude is the best nurse of wisdom.