All Quotes

The problem of evil... Why does God permit it? Or, if God is omnipotent, in which case permission and creation are the same, why did God create it? ”

The best rules to form a young man, are, to talk little, to hear much, to reflect alone upon what has passed in company, to distrust one's own opinions, and value others that deserve it. ”

The first ingredient in conversation is truth, the next good sense, the third good humor, and the fourth wit. ”

The first glass is for myself, the second for my friends, the third for good humor, and the forth for my enemies. ”

The only way for a rich man to be healthy is by exercise and abstinence, to live as if he were poor. ”

There cannot live a more unhappy creature than an ill-natured old man, who is neither capable of receiving pleasures, nor sensible of conferring them on others. ”

Man's wisdom is his best friend; folly his worst enemy. ”

The most influential of all educational factors is the conversation in a child's home. ”

You may keep your beauty and your health, unless you destroy them yourself, or discourage them to stay with you, by using them ill. ”

I think I understand what military fame is; to be killed on the field of battle and have your name misspelled in the newspapers. ”