Quote #30248
To Robert Fulton What, sir, would you make a ship sail against the wind...
Quote #11859
All generous minds have a horror of what are commonly called “Facts”. They are...
Quote #12005
It is better, I think, to grab at the stars than to sit flustered...
Quote #30064
A man’s true wealth is the good he does in the world.
Quote #4928
Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to...
Quote #4600
It is a consolation to the wretched to have companions in misery.
Quote #25987
Feeling without judgement is a washy draught indeed but judgement untempered by feeling is...
Quote #6045
He had discovered a great law of human action, without knowing it – namely,...
Quote #29976
We are here and it is now. Further than that, all human knowledge is...
Quote #22777
One should as a rule respect public opinion in so far as is necessary...