Quote #13969
Brevity is the soul of wit.
Quote #7770
Natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by study.
Quote #12329
This life is worth living, we can say, since it is what we make...
Quote #2651
Henry James would have been vastly improved as a novelist by a few whiffs...
Quote #8421
I never came upon any of my discoveries through the process of rational thinking.
Quote #3934
Arguments are to be avoided; they are always vulgar and often convincing.
Quote #19723
Wish not so much to live long as to live well.
Quote #26925
A little nonsense now and then, is cherished by the wisest men.
Quote #20989
When he is best, he is a little worse than a man and when...
Quote #4188
The dawn speeds a man on his journey, and speeds him too in his...