Quote #34729
People are simply incapable of prolonged, sustained goodness.
Quote #14061
Do not hover always on the surface of things, nor take up suddenly, with...
Quote #12657
Man is a wonderful creature; he sees through the layers of fat (eyes), hears...
Quote #13385
There are three cures for ennui: sleep, drink and travel.
Quote #4134
If you are very valiant, it is a god, I think, who gave you...
Quote #1309
Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.
Quote #15509
A well cultivated mind is made up of all the minds of preceding ages;...
Quote #27039
My dear and old country, here we are once again together faced with a...
Quote #8392
This only is certain, that there is nothing certain; and nothing more miserable and...
Quote #23384
For of all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these ‘It...