Quote #13924
Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.
Quote #8437
Great anger is more destructive than the sword
Quote #5622
The place where optimism most flourishes is the lunatic asylum.
Quote #5816
There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the...
Quote #8639
Love and hate are not opposites. The opposite of love is indifference.
Quote #12699
Let us grant that the pursuit of mathematics is a divine madness of the...
Quote #5572
Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.
Quote #12797
He that can have patience can have what he will.
Quote #2813
Thank God men cannot as yet fly and lay waste the sky as well...
Quote #28555
The weather-cock on the church spire, though made of iron, would soon be broken...