Quote #19918
Patience, n. A minor form of dispair, disguised as a virtue.
Quote #23214
There is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and...
Quote #21020
Better beans and bacon in peace than cakes and ale in fear.
Quote #2326
The English think incompetence is the same thing as sincerity.
Quote #14275
To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.
Quote #33792
Dive into the sea of thought, and find there pearls beyond price.
Quote #6077
Immortality. I notice that as soon as writers broach this question they begin to...
Quote #7881
One of the many major problems with governing people is that of whom you...
Quote #5945
Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may...
Quote #24993
There are some people that if they don’t know, you can’t tell ‘em.