Quote #3719
Teaching has ruined more American novelists than drink.
Quote #19183
Cynics regarded everybody as equally corrupt… Idealists regarded everybody as equally corrupt, except themselves.
Quote #20959
The most potent muse of all is our own inner child.
Quote #2734
Love is the delightful interval between meeting a beautiful girl and discovering that she...
Quote #12645
A thick head can do as much damage as a hard heart.
Quote #5275
Sweet are the uses of adversity, which, like a toad, though ugly and venomous,...
Quote #14498
Civilization is a transient sickness.
Quote #4159
Calamities are of two kinds misfortunes to ourselves, and good fortune to others.
Quote #11010
An adventure differs from a mere feat in that it is tied to the...
Quote #16635
A rich man has no need of character.