A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
So long as war is the main business of nations temporary despotism -...
Dullness in matters of government is a good sign and not a bad one - in...
One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea.
The whole history of civilization is strewn with creeds and institutions...
The best history is but like the art of Rembrandt it casts a vivid light on...
Progress would not have been the rarity it is if the early food had not been...
A family on the throne is an interesting idea. It brings down the pride of...
No real English gentleman in his secret soul was ever sorry for the death...
A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence but sets off...
Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.
Nobody I think ought to read poetry or look at pictures or statues who...
I remember a great America where we made everything. There was a time when...
A large part of acting is just pretending. You get to work with these other...
We should all aspire in life to do a multitude of things well - to be a great...
A great wind swept over the ghetto carrying away shame invisibility and...
A great book provides escapism for me. The artistry and the creativity in a...
Great is the difference betwixt a man's being frightened at and humbled for...