Eminence Without Merit Earns Deference Without Esteem.

Scandal Is An Importunate Wasp, Against Which We Must Make No Movement Unless We Are Quite Sure That We Can Kill It; Otherwise It Will Return To The Attack More Furious Than Ever.

Nature Never Said To Me: Do Not Be Poor; Still Less Did She Say: Be Rich; Her Cry To Me Was Always: Be Independent.

It Is Passion That Makes Man Live; Wisdom Makes One Only Last.

Nearly All Men Are Slaves For The Same Reason That The Spartans Assigned For The Servitude Of The Persians -- Lack Of Power To Pronounce The Syllable, "no." To Be Able To Utter That Word And Live Alone, Are The Only Means To Preserve One's Freedom And One's Character.

Egotism Is The Tongue Of Vanity.