Quote #4585
It is only the ignorant who despise education.
Quote #12554
I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to...
Quote #2408
The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. Every class...
Quote #26095
Hunger makes thief of any man.
Quote #14222
To be nobody-but-yourself — in a world which is doing its best, night and...
Quote #16993
Wit makes its own welcome and levels all distinctions.
Quote #11181
A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor a man perfected without trials.
Quote #29888
When people ask if the United States can afford to place on trial the...
Quote #15046
Perhaps the most delightful friendships are those in which there is much agreement, much...
Quote #22146
Practise yourself, for heaven’s sake, in little things and thence proceed to greater.