One Must Not Hope To Be More

Love Is Like Epidemic Diseases. The More One Fears It The More Likely One Is To Contract It.

Hope Is But A Charlatan That Ceases Not To Deceive Us. For Myself Happiness Only Began When I Had Lost It.

Woman's Weakness, Not Man's Merit, Oftenest Gains The Suitor's Victory.

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.

One Must Not Hope To Be More Than One Can Be.