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 quote others only in order the better to express myself.

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

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.

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

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

Human success is a quotation from overhead.

Human success is a quotation from overhead.

The adventitious beauty of poetry may be felt in the greater delight with a verse given in a happy quotation read more

The adventitious beauty of poetry may be felt in the greater delight with a verse given in a happy quotation than in the poem.

Misquotation is, in fact, the pride and privilege of the learned. A widely-read man never quotes accurately, for the rather read more

Misquotation is, in fact, the pride and privilege of the learned. A widely-read man never quotes accurately, for the rather obvious reason that he has read too widely.

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.