Quote #1801
Wit is educated insolence.
Quote #15223
Men are slower to recognize blessings than misfortunes.
Quote #883
Talent does what it can genius does what it must.
Quote #15763
Between the great things we cannot do and the small things we will not...
Quote #2911
It is a commonplace that the history of civilisation is largely the history of...
Quote #16349
If a window of opportunity appears, don’t pull down the shade.
Quote #670
Conversation is an art in which a man has all mankind for his competitors,...
Quote #9694
The truth is cruel, but it can be loved, and it makes free those...
Quote #4260
Live neither in the past nor in the future, but let each day’s work...
Quote #21168
When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.