Quote #21230
My one aim was to do a thing well and to excel if possible.
Quote #5124
America had often been discovered before Columbus, but it had always been hushed up.
Quote #4355
We desire nothing so much as what we ought not to have.
Quote #9182
When a thing ceases to be a subject of controversy, it ceases to be...
Quote #1774
Our business in this world is not to succeed, but to continue to fail...
Quote #5548
Talk that does not end in any kind of action is better suppressed altogether.
Quote #1583
Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of congress but...
Quote #705
The best effect of fine persons is felt after we have left their presence.
Quote #5189
Anybody can sympathise with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very...
Quote #19691
Many men can make a fortune by very few can build a family.