Quote #5809
Although prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it be postponed.
Quote #6673
The test of literature is, I suppose, whether we ourselves live more intensely for...
Quote #13041
Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
Quote #19691
Many men can make a fortune by very few can build a family.
Quote #6101
I hate the noise and hurry inseparable from great Estates and Titles, and look...
Quote #14998
A year from now you may wish you had started today.
Quote #15282
Censorship, like charity, should begin at home but, unlike charity, it should end there.
Quote #19062
You can be young without money but you can’t be old without it.
Quote #18868
When you see yourself in proportion — as you’re bound to do when you...
Quote #12929
I claim the right to contradict myself. I don’t want to deprive myself of...