Quote #15823
No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting.
Quote #12545
It becomes a bore doing imaginative books that do not touch imaginations, and at...
Quote #19175
Many an opportunity is lost because a man is out looking for four-leaf clovers.
Quote #19996
There are two sorts of curiosity — the momentary and the permanent. The momentary...
Quote #5979
There is a certain majesty in simplicity which is far above all the quaintness...
Quote #12850
Tis a good thing to laugh at any rate, and if a straw can...
Quote #15239
Drinking without being thirsty and making love at any time, Madame, are the only...
Quote #25564
Be not forgetful to entertain strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
Quote #24699
Men moving only in an official circle are apt to become merely official —...
Quote #16912
The wise man always throws himself on the side of his assailants. It is...