Quote #19169
Opportunity may knock only once, but temptation leans on the doorbell.
Quote #20000
Solitude is as needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character.
Quote #21551
You can be pleased with nothing when you are not pleased with yourself.
Quote #12581
I cannot and will not recant anything, for to go against conscience is neither...
Quote #9624
We find that after years of struggle we do not take a journey, but...
Quote #17385
The first and last thing required of genius is the love of truth.
Quote #23130
There is no observation more frequently made by such as employ themselves in surveying...
Quote #30789
Opportunity doesn’t knock. You knock, opportunity answers.
Quote #11318
Arguments are to be avoided; they are always vulgar and often convincing.
Quote #4320
A prudent mind can see room for misgiving, lest he who prospers would one...