Quote #18892
The past always looks better than it was. It’s only pleasant because it isn’t...
Quote #20696
Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches as to conceive how...
Quote #29030
I believe much trouble and blood would be saved if we opened our hearts...
Quote #18532
Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you’ve conquered human nature.
Quote #8235
The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that...
Quote #14067
The ritual of marriage is not simply a social event; it is a crossing...
Quote #7964
I hate middle age. Too young for the bowling green, too old for Ecstasy.
Quote #12492
I paint self-portraits because I am so often alone, because I am the person...
Quote #9951
The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend...
Quote #2119
Puritanism…helps us enjoy our misery while we are inflicting it on others.