A Precedent Embalms A Principle.

That Youthful Fervor, Which Is Sometimes Called Enthusiasm, But Which Is A Heat Of Imagination Subsequently Discovered To Be Inconsistent With The Experience Of Actual Life.

Nurture Your Mind With Great Thoughts

Frank And Explicit - That Is The Right Line To Take When You Wish To Conceal Your Own Mind And Confuse The Minds Of Others.

How Very Seldom Do You Encounter In The World A Man Of Great Abilities, Acquirements, Experience, Who Will Unmask His Mind, Unbutton His Brains, And Pour Forth In Careless And Picturesque Phrase All The Results Of His Studies And Observation; His Knowledge Of Men, Books, And Nature. On The Contrary, If A Man Has By Any Chance An Original Idea, He Hoards It As If It Were Old Gold; And Rather Avoids The Subject With Which He Is Most Conversant, From Fear That You May Appropriate His Best Thoughts.

I Grew Intoxicated With My Own Eloquence.