Selected quotation

"The rich ate and drank freely, accepting gout and apoplexy as things that ran mysteriously in respectable families."

~ George Eliot, "Silas Marner"



Various books with quotations, aphorisms and proverbs:

America's Popular Sayings: Over 1600 Expressions on Topics from Beauty to Money and Everything In Between

The Proverbs Driven Life: Timeless Wisdom for Your Words, Work, Wealth, and Relationships

Doonesbury.com's The War in Quotes

Ancient Wisdom: The Book of Proverbs With Devotions for Today

The Yale Book of Quotations

Everyday Positive Thinking

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations: A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature (17th Edition)

Great Quotes from Great Leaders

The Wise and Witty Quote Book: More than 2000 Quotes to Enlighten, Encourage, and Enjoy

The Most Brilliant Thoughts of All Time (In Two Lines or Less)

Oxymoronica: Paradoxical Wit & Wisdom From History's Greatest Wordsmiths

The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations