A.S. Bond > A.S.'s Quotes

“Money can't buy happiness, but it can make you awfully comfortable while you're being miserable.”
― Clare Boothe Luce

“It's not inequality which is the real misfortune, it's dependence”
― Voltaire

“Thus was this expedition finished, when it had lasted 3 years and 9 months after having, by its event, strongly evinced this important truth: That thought prudence, intrepidity and perseverance united are not exempted from the blows of adverse fortune, in a long series of transactions they usually rise superior to its power and in the end rarely fail of proving successful."
from 'Voyage Around the World' 1751”
― Admiral George Anson

“I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves.”
― Anna Quindlen