Courtesy Is Only A Thin Veneer On

With Every One, The Expectation Of A Misfortune Constitutes A Dreadful, Punishment. Suffering Then Assumes The Proportions Of The Unknown, Which Is The Soul's Infinite.

All Human Power Is A Compound Of Time And Patience.

Friendships Last When Each Friend Thinks He Has A Slight Superiority Over The Other.

Forgetting Is The Great Secret Of Strong And Creative Lives.

It Is Not Hope But Despair That Gives Us The Measure Of Our Ambitions. We May Yield Secretly To Beautiful Poems Of Hope But Grief Looms Start And Stripped Of All Veils.