Quote #1624
A man thinks that by mouthing hard words he understands hard things.
Quote #17191
Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings, so that you shall...
Quote #16881
Tobacco, coffee, alcohol, hashish, prussic acid, strychnine, are weak dilutions the surest poison is...
Quote #7569
True gentleness is founded on a sense of what we owe to him who...
Quote #15979
Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind.
Quote #10746
Challenges are what makes life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.
Quote #33855
You cannot dream yourself into a character you must hammer and forge yourself one.
Quote #32913
When you make a mistake, don’t look back at it long. Take the reason...
Quote #21290
Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not dismount. And the...
Quote #10592
One must desire something to be alive.