Quote #16148
Poorly written novels–no matter how pious and edifying the behavior of the characters–are not...
Quote #19345
Revolution is not a dinner party, not an essay, nor a painting, nor a...
Quote #3286
Men show their character in nothing more clearly than by what they find laughable.
Quote #16610
A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.
Quote #16091
A ship is always referred to as ‘she’ because it costs so much to...
Quote #1677
The proper office of a friend is to side with you when you are...
Quote #18471
All general statements are false.
Quote #9979
You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness...
Quote #4059
Are we at last brought to such humiliating and debasing degradation, that we cannot...
Quote #4279
Strong minded, resolutely willed, you can create out of nothing a great business, a...