I Am Not Proud, But I Am

Are There Not Some Places Where We Seem To Breathe Sadness? — Why, We Cannot Tell. It Is A Chain Of Recollections — An Idea Which Carries You Back To Other Times, To Other Places — Which, Very Likely, Have No Connection With The Present Time And Place.

To Save A Man And Thereby To Spare A Father's Agony And A Mother's Feelings Is Not To Do A Noble Deed, It Is But An Act Of Humanity.

Without Reflecting That This Is The Only Moment In Which You Can Study Character," Said The Count; "on The Steps Of The Scaffold Death Tears Off The Mask That Has Been Worn Through Life, And The Real Visage Is Disclosed.

It Is The Infirmity Of Our Nature Always To Believe Ourselves Much More Unhappy Than Those Who Groan By Our Sides!

There Is Neither Happiness Nor Unhappiness In This World; There Is Only The Comparison Of One State With Another. Only A Man Who Has Felt Ultimate Despair Is Capable Of Feeling Ultimate Bliss. It Is Necessary To Have Wished For Death In Order To Know How Good It Is To Live.....the Sum Of All Human Wisdom Will Be Contained In These Two Words: Wait And Hope.