Quote #14654
A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner, neither do uninterrupted prosperity and success...
Quote #23198
The Greeks by their laws, and the Romans by the spirit of their people,...
Quote #24025
Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself.
Quote #17721
To do anything in this world worth doing, we must not stand back shivering...
Quote #26236
Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens...
Quote #4912
And many strokes, though with a little axe, Hew down and fell the hardest-timbered...
Quote #16979
Adopt the pace of nature.
Quote #25067
Weep for the lives your wishes never led.
Quote #6118
Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.
Quote #31890
A large volume of adventures may be grasped within this little span of life,...