Quote #18330
The tongue weighs practically nothing, But so few people can hold it.
Quote #7660
Idleness and lack of occupation tend – nay are dragged – towards evil.
Quote #4534
It is possible to be below flattery as well as above it.
Quote #20711
What a blessing it would be if we could open and shut our ears...
Quote #10978
Reading well is one of the great pleasures that solitude can afford you.
Quote #2385
In the end, everything is a gag.
Quote #3014
Twice or thrice had I loved thee, Before I knew thy face or name.
Quote #14957
When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we...
Quote #21257
A great preservative against angry and mutinous thoughts, and all impatience and quarreling, is...
Quote #14994
Laughter is the best form of medicine. For when we laugh, we neither think,...