Praise Is More Obtrusive Than A Reproach.

A Matter That Becomes Clear Ceases To Concern Us.

Sometimes In Our Relationship To Another Human Being The Proper Balance Of Friendship Is Restored When We Put A Few Grains Of Impropriety Onto Our Own Side Of The Scale.

If All Alms Were Given Only From Pity, All Beggars Would Have Starved Long Ago.

It Is The Business Of The Very Few To Be Independent; It Is A Privilege Of The Strong.

Poets And Writers Who Are In Love With The Superlative All Want To Do More Than They Can.