Quote #26250
. . . I consider looseness with words no less of a defect than...
Quote #13532
Mishaps are like knives, that either serve us or cut us, as we grasp...
Quote #5664
There are only two kinds of scholars; those who love ideas and those who...
Quote #11326
As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the...
Quote #33282
Swollen in head, weak in legs, sharp in tongue but empty in belly. (On...
Quote #33975
The squeaking wheel doesn’t always get the grease. Sometimes it gets replaced.
Quote #26375
That is happiness to be dissolved into something complete and great.
Quote #20332
A man desires praise that he may be reassured, that he may be quit...
Quote #3067
Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed.
Quote #17750
Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society...