To think of playing cricket for hard cash! Money and gentility would ruin any pastime under the sun. – Mary Russell Mitford, 1823 Category: Sports
Old forms of government finally grow so oppressive that they must be thrown off even at the risk of reigns of terror. – Herbert Spencer Category: Government
It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere. – Agnes Repplier Category: Homosexuality
The mintage of wisdom is to know that rest is rust, and that real life is in love, laughter, and work. – Elbert Hubbard Category: Vacations