Anybody can sympathise with the sufferings of …
Anybody can sympathise with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine…
Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who …
Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man’s original virtue. It…
In America the President reigns for four …
In America the President reigns for four years, and Journalism governs for ever and ever.…
To recommend thrift to the poor is …
To recommend thrift to the poor is both grotesque and insulting. It is like advising…
There is no such thing as a …
There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well…
Women love us for our defects. If …
Women love us for our defects. If we have enough of them, they will forgive…
Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid …
Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.…
When a woman marries again, it is …
When a woman marries again, it is because she detested her first husband. When a…
To get back my youth I would …
To get back my youth I would do anything in the world, except take exercise,…
There is a luxury in self-reproach. When …
There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel that no one…
There are many things that we would …
There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that…
The reason we all like to think …
The reason we all like to think so well of others is that we are…