Quote #16619
First secure an independent income, then practice virtue.
Quote #3597
The universe is not hostile, nor yet is it unfriendly. It is simply indifferent.
Quote #2423
It is said an Eastern monarch once charged his wise men to invent him...
Quote #3263
Choose your friends by their character and your socks by their color. Choosing your...
Quote #17690
Not only as each new year dawns, but constantly, persistently, the God of all...
Quote #8791
When I get a little money, I buy books. And if there is any...
Quote #3902
By heaven we understand a state of happiness infinite in degree, and endless in...
Quote #2822
Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding. Even as...
Quote #15420
Even pleasure itself is a toil.
Quote #4453
At least half the mystery novels published violate the law that the solution, once...