Quote #461
We don’t bother much about dress and manners in England, because as a nation...
Quote #21089
I write down everything I want to remember. That way, instead of spending a...
Quote #13034
It isn’t what they say about you, it’s what they whisper.
Quote #4088
In architecture as in all other operative arts, the end must direct the operation....
Quote #16667
The only truly dead are those who have been forgotten.
Quote #18191
To fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence supreme excellence...
Quote #13334
Meditation is not for him who eats too much, nor for him who eats...
Quote #11730
Most of those who make collections of verse or epigram are like men eating...
Quote #4696
Misery no longer loves company. Nowadays it insists on it.
Quote #5889
The vast majority of human beings dislike and even dread all notions with which...