Quote #22115
You despise books you whose lives are absorbed in the vanities of ambition, the...
Quote #13094
There are very few women in society whose virtue outlasts their beauty.
Quote #1446
The strongest principle of growth lies in human choice.
Quote #1683
I am in earnest; I will not equivocate; I will not excuse; I will...
Quote #7191
No important institution is ever merely what the law makes it. It accumulates about...
Quote #30863
The net of the sleeper catches fish.
Quote #28671
Wise men, when in doubt whether to speak or to keep quiet, give themselves...
Quote #28566
Everything is theoretically impossible, until it is done. One could write a history of...
Quote #11732
As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of existence is to kindle...
Quote #9839
Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them; but do not let them master you. Let...