Every woman is supposed to have the same set of motives or else to be a monster.
George Eliot
Success consecrates the most offensive crimes.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
There never was and is not likely soon to be a nation of philosophers nor am I certain it is desirable that there should be.
Henry David Thoreau
Property is intended to serve life and no matter how much we surround it with rights and respect it has no personal being. It is part of the earth man walks on. It is not man.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
The simplest and most psychologically satisfying explanation of any observed phenomenon is that it happened that way because someone wanted it to happen that way.
Thomas Sowell
Nuptial love maketh mankind, friendly love perfecteth it, but wanton love corrupteth and embaseth it.
Francis Bacon
There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn as in doing it.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
People usually think according to their inclinations speak according to their learning and ingrained opinions but generally act according to custom.
Francis Bacon
Love and fear. Everything the father of a family says must inspire one or the other.
Joseph Joubert
The cleverest of all in my opinion is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
