One Must Live As If It Would

In All Men Is Evil Sleeping; The Good Man Is He Who Will Not Awaken It, In Himself Or In Other Men.

It Is Better To Believe In Men Too Rashly, And Regret, Than Believe Too Meanly. Men Could Be More Than They Are, If They Would Try For It. He Has Shown Them That.

We Persians Have A Saying That One Should Deliberate Serious Matters First Drunk, Then Sober.

There Is Only One Kind Of Shock Worse Than The Totally Unexpected: The Expected For Which One Has Refused To Prepare.

The Perpetual Stream Of Human Nature Is Formed Into Ever-changing Shallows, Eddies, Falls And Pools By The Land Over Which It Passes. Perhaps The Only Real Value Of History Lies In Considering This Endlessly Varied Play Between The Essence And The Accidents.