Quote #1511
A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs.
Quote #20685
This I conceive to be the chemical function of humor to change the character...
Quote #3887
He is indebted to his memory for his jests and to his imagination for...
Quote #24116
Life … would give her everything of consequence, life would shape her, not we....
Quote #14507
On account of being a democracy and run by the people, we are the...
Quote #33650
A friend is, as it were, a second self.
Quote #5385
It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors.
Quote #4456
Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.
Quote #21130
Perfect valour consists in doing without witnesses that which we would be capable of...
Quote #6522
Men are generally idle, and ready to satisfy themselves, and intimidate the industry of...