Quote #32622
One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.
Quote #14264
Where life is more terrible than death, it is then the truest valor to...
Quote #14863
Few ever live to old age, and fewer still ever became distinguished, who were...
Quote #6314
The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray, and the advantage...
Quote #34540
Flowers never emit so sweet and strong a fragrance as before a storm. When...
Quote #20195
I suggest that the only books that influence us are those for which we...
Quote #33021
The test of an adventure is that when you’re in the middle of it,...
Quote #9728
Much silence and a good disposition, there are no two things better than these.
Quote #24670
Our minds thus grow in spots and like grease spots, the spots spread. But...
Quote #899
Faith: not *wanting* to know what is true.