Quote #16300
Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment.
Quote #11330
At Christmas play and make good cheer, For Christmas comes but once a year.
Quote #17866
Education consists mainly in what we have unlearned. – Notebook, 1898
Quote #25404
I was court-martialled in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so...
Quote #5622
The place where optimism most flourishes is the lunatic asylum.
Quote #842
What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
Quote #4617
Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.
Quote #16692
Life… is like a grapefruit. It’s orange and squishy, and has a few pips...
Quote #15366
Laughter, while it lasts, slackens and unbraces the mind, weakens the faculties and causes...
Quote #11259
A wise man cares not for that which he cannot have.