Honest Unaffected Distrust Of Human

Erudition Can Produce Foliage Without Bearing Fruit.

What Is Called An Acute Knowledge Of Human Nature Is Mostly Nothing But The Observer's Own Weaknesses Reflected Back From Others.

People Often Become Scholars For The Same Reason They Become Soldiers: Simply Because They Are Unfit For Any Other Station. Their Right Hand Has To Earn Them A Livelihood; One Might Say They Lie Down Like Bears In Winter And Seek Sustenance From Their Paws.

There Is Something In The Character Of Every Man Which Cannot Be Broken In--the Skeleton Of His Character; And To Try To Alter This Is Like Training A Sheep For Draught Purposes.

A Vacuum Of Ideas Affects People Differently Than A Vacuum Of Air, Otherwise Readers Of Books Would Be Constantly Collapsing.