Quote #6779
We are alone, absolutely alone on this chance planet: and, amid all the forms...
Quote #5577
While the fates permit, live happily; life speeds on with hurried step, and with...
Quote #5329
The last Christian died on the cross.
Quote #7752
What a mistake to suppose that the passions are strongest in youth! The passions...
Quote #1661
The truth is that all of us attain the greatest success and happiness possible...
Quote #7697
Discourtesy does not spring merely from one bad quality, but from several–from foolish vanity,...
Quote #23217
I have never been able to conceive how any rational being could propose happiness...
Quote #13301
I am against using death as a punishment. I am also against using it...
Quote #16162
One must be a god to be able to tell successes from failures without...
Quote #20482
I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I...