Quote #3520
A quotation, like a pun, should come unsought, and then be welcomed only for...
Quote #17942
Consider pleasures as they depart, not as they come.
Quote #11384
What we imagine is order is merely the prevailing form of chaos.
Quote #14071
All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort,...
Quote #27175
Genius is present in every age, but the men carrying it within them remain...
Quote #3512
Never be entirely idle; but either be reading, or writing, or praying or meditating...
Quote #6849
Nearly all marriages, even happy ones, are mistakes: in the sense that almost certainly...
Quote #32193
Knowledge without know-how is sterile. We use the word ‘academic’ in a pejorative sense...
Quote #21770
He who knows nothing doubts nothing.
Quote #20863
He who has injured thee was either stronger or weaker than thee. If weaker,...