Quote #8274
People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how...
Quote #21229
Natural abilities are like natural plants they need pruning by study.
Quote #9291
Politeness and consideration for others is like investing pennies and getting dollars back.
Quote #17360
The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man hardly anything.
Quote #14829
True dignity is never gained by place, and never lost when honors are withdrawn
Quote #19185
We are told never to cross a bridge until we come to it, but...
Quote #21200
Many secrets of art and nature are thought by the unlearned to be magical.
Quote #17986
With regard to excellence, it is not enough to know, but we must try...
Quote #18886
People sleep peacably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready...
Quote #17620
Thoughts, like fleas, jump from man to man, but they don’t bite everybody.