Quote #19020
The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.
Quote #3694
I don’t like money, actually, but it quiets my nerves.
Quote #2520
Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you’ve conquered human nature.
Quote #10884
It is easy to be popular. It is not easy to be just.
Quote #3047
I never did give them hell. I just told the truth, and they thought...
Quote #11106
To act from pure benevolence is not possible for finite beings. Human benevolence is...
Quote #4748
Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not...
Quote #9113
The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.
Quote #4739
The man who goes alone can start today but he who travels with another...
Quote #10760
There is no vice so simple but assumes some mark of virtue on his...