The real stuff
Love is rarer than genius itself. And friendship is rarer than love.
Compromise is never anything but an ignoble truce between the duty of a man and the terror of a coward.
Happy were men if they but understood There is no safety but in doing good
Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.
Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.
Genius is entitled to respect only when it promotes the peace and improves the happiness of mankind.
Some people are so fond of luck they run half way to meet it.
I pay the schoolmaster, but it is the school boys who educate my son.
If you don't like how things are, change it! You're not a tree.
From the moment I picked your book up until I laid it down I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend reading it.
An archaeologist is someone whose career lies in ruins.
I learned that if you want to make it bad enough, no matter how bad it is, you can make it.
Energy and persistence alter all things.