Quote #1757
We are always more anxious to be distinguished for a talent which we do...
Quote #11271
The lessons taught in great books are misleading. The commerce in life is rarely...
Quote #12835
The place where optimism most flourishes is the lunatic asylum.
Quote #4159
Calamities are of two kinds misfortunes to ourselves, and good fortune to others.
Quote #10019
Certainly it is a world of scarcity. But the scarcity is not confined to...
Quote #2092
If we are bound to forgive an enemy, we are not bound to trust...
Quote #745
About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to...
Quote #19374
I’ll sleep when I’m dead.
Quote #9074
My father hated radio and could not wait for television to be invented so...
Quote #531
Money often costs too much.