Quote #2570
The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.
Quote #6796
Eccentricity is not, as dull people would have us believe, a form of madness....
Quote #11427
Diligence is the mother of good luck.
Quote #12498
While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning...
Quote #315
Know the masculine, keep to the feminine.
Quote #1269
Nothing endures but personal qualities.
Quote #4566
The loss which is unknown is no loss at all.
Quote #20988
Small cheer and great welcome makes a merry feast.
Quote #9527
In the whole wretched business there was something generous that was doing its best...
Quote #25291
Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something...