Quote #22733
One of the chief obstacles to intelligence is credulity, and credulity could be enormously...
Quote #27313
The richest love is that which submits to the arbitration of time.
Quote #30213
As death, when we come to consider it closely, is the true goal of...
Quote #14285
Moderation is a virtue only in those who are thought to have an alternative.
Quote #24766
In all thy undertakings, let a reasonable assurance animate thy endeavors if thou despairest...
Quote #10530
Men are conservatives when they are least vigorous, or when they are most luxurious....
Quote #26452
Learning is acquired by reading books but the much more necessary learning, the knowledge...
Quote #7129
So many new ideas are at first strange and horrible, though ultimately valuable that...
Quote #10850
It was the Law of the Sea, they said. Civilization ends at the waterline....
Quote #20657
If it were not for hopes, the heart would break.