Quote #3473
Secret thoughts and open countenance will go safely over the whole world.
Quote #27176
There are three principal means of acquiring knowledge. . . observation of nature, reflection,...
Quote #21237
I have taken all knowledge to by my province.
Quote #33358
This only is denied to God the power to undo the past.
Quote #33336
I don’t mind what language an opera is sung in so long as it...
Quote #7205
Nature never makes any blunders, when she makes a fool she means it.
Quote #22045
The test of literature is, I suppose, whether we ourselves live more intensely for...
Quote #32049
Moderation in all things.
Quote #15551
Nevertheless the passions, whether violent or not, should never be so expressed as to...
Quote #13260
We all have thoughts that would shame the devil.