Of All The Violent Passions, The One

The World More Often Rewards The Appearances Of Merit Than Merit Itself.

We Often Select Envenomed Praise Which, By A Reaction Upon Those We Praise, Shows Faults We Could Not Have Shown By Other Means.

Those Who Most Obstinately Oppose The Most Widely-held Opinions More Often Do So Because Of Pride Than Lack Of Intelligence. They Find The Best Places In The Right Set Already Taken, And They Do Not Want Back Seats.

Beautiful Coquettes Are Quacks Of Love.

Youth Is A Continual Intoxication; It Is The Fever Of Reason.