Eminence Without Merit Earns Deference Without Esteem.

In A Country Where Everyone Strives For Attention, It Is Better To Be Bankrupt Than To Be Nothing.

In Living And In Seeing Other Men, The Heart Must Break Or Become As Bronze.

There Is A Melancholy That Stems From Greatness

It Is Said Of A Lonely Man That He Does Not Appreciate The Life Of Society. This Is Like Saying He Hates Hiking Because He Dislikes Walking In Thick Forest On A Dark Night.

Wicked People Sometimes Perform Good Actions. I Suppose They Wish To See If This Gives As Great A Feeling Of Pleasure As The Virtuous Claim For It.