If Mankind Had Wished For What Is

The Temple Of Fame Stands Upon The Grave: The Flame That Burns Upon Its Altars Is Kindled From The Ashes Of Great Men.

The Way To Secure Success Is To Be More Anxious About Obtaining Than About Deserving It.

We Are Not Satisfied To Be Right, Unless We Can Prove Others To Be Quite Wrong.

Some People Break Promises For The Pleasure Of Breaking Them.

They Are, As It Were, Train-bearers In The Pageant Of Life, And Hold A Glass Up To Humanity, Frailer Than Itself. We See Ourselves At Second-hand In Them: They Show Us All That We Are, All That We Wish To Be, And All That We Dread To Be. What Brings The Resemblance Nearer Is, That, As They Imitate Us, We, In Our Turn, Imitate Them. There Is No Class Of Society Whom So Many Persons Regard With Affection As Actors.