Quote #5620
Skepticism, like chastity, should not be relinquished too readily.
Quote #18242
People who ask our advice almost never take it. Yet we should never refuse...
Quote #14974
In actual life every great enterprise begins with and takes its first forward step...
Quote #13730
The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast...
Quote #2705
Speculations and loans in foreign fields are likely to bring us into war… The...
Quote #27078
Sexual pleasure is, I agree, a passion to which all others are subordinate but...
Quote #26423
Never does the human soul appear so strong and noble as when it forgoes...
Quote #7951
Put yourself on view. This brings your talents to light.
Quote #29960
The only cure for contempt is countercontempt.
Quote #25010
The freethinking of one age is the common sense of the next.