Quote #18720
To carry a grudge is like being stung to death by one bee.
Quote #715
Wit makes its own welcome, and levels all distinctions. No dignity, no learning, no...
Quote #14209
It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.
Quote #4851
The finest qualities of our nature, like the bloom on fruits, can be preserved...
Quote #7002
Not to know the events which happened before one was born, that is to...
Quote #15684
Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.
Quote #9335
Where the world ceases to be the scene of our personal hopes and wishes,...
Quote #6266
The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely...
Quote #11716
It takes all sorts to make a world.
Quote #8986
Beware of over-great pleasure in being popular or even beloved.