Quote #769
I find nothing more depressing than optimism.
Quote #31190
American life is a powerful solvent. It seems to neutralise every intellectual element, however...
Quote #6682
Not only is the universe stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we...
Quote #1793
Wit makes its own welcome, and levels all distinctions. No dignity, no learning, no...
Quote #7975
Life is simply the pursuit of something worth dying for.
Quote #21695
The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our ways – I to...
Quote #5192
The secret of happiness is this: Let your interests be as wide as possible,...
Quote #27917
Magic is believing in yourself. If you can do that, you can make anything...
Quote #12303
There is nothing the body suffers which the soul may not profit by.
Quote #15805
Apothegms are portable wisdom, the quintessential extracts of thought and feelings.