Quote #5423
The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices Make instruments to plague us.
Quote #4436
To keep a lamp burning we have to keep putting oil in it.
Quote #20585
I can’t understand it. I can’t even understand the people who can understand it.
Quote #12472
It used to take courage–indeed, it was the act of courage par excellence–to leave...
Quote #4967
It is the wretchedness of being rich that you have to live with rich...
Quote #16180
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his...
Quote #7582
Now and then an innocent man is sent to the legislature.
Quote #3634
Every man serves a useful purpose A miser, for example, makes a wonderful ancestor.
Quote #4155
Admiration, n. Our polite recognition of another’s resemblance to ourselves.
Quote #16405
In bed my real love has always been the sleep that rescued me by...