He is a benefactor of mankind who contracts the great rules of life into short sentences, that may be easily read more

He is a benefactor of mankind who contracts the great rules of life into short sentences, that may be easily impressed on the memory, and so recur habitually to the mind.

Famous remarks are very seldom quoted correctly.

Famous remarks are very seldom quoted correctly.

I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.

I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.

I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.

I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.

I quote others only in order the better to express myself.

I quote others only in order the better to express myself.

The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him.

The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him.

Stronger than an army is a quotation whose time has come.

Stronger than an army is a quotation whose time has come.

Apothegms to thinking minds are the seeds from which spring vast fields of new thought, that may be further cultivated, read more

Apothegms to thinking minds are the seeds from which spring vast fields of new thought, that may be further cultivated, beautified, and enlarged.

The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.

The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.