Quote #24827
People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don’t know when to...
Quote #26522
We have entered the era of the ‘imperial’ former presidency with lavish libraries, special...
Quote #15885
He is richest who is content with the least.
Quote #11732
As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of existence is to kindle...
Quote #30055
Life’s a tough proposition, and the first hundred years are the hardest.
Quote #34597
The universe seems wondrous to me, with or without God. It has powerful lines...
Quote #15556
Nature is the most thrifty thing in the world; she never wastes anything; she...
Quote #26858
Make the iron hot by striking it.
Quote #26529
Creativity comes from awakening and directing men’s higher natures, which originate in the primal...
Quote #32634
People have declaimed against luxury for 2000 years, in verse and in prose, and...