One Can Be Certain That

Contact With The World Either Breaks Or Hardens The Heart.

A Lover Is A Man Who Tries To Be More Amiable Than It Is Possible For Him To Be.

I Only Study The Things I Like; I Apply My Mind Only To Matters That Interest Me. They'll Be Useful-or Useless-to Me Or To Others In Due Course, I'll Be Given-or Not Given-the Opportunity Of Benefiting From What I've Learned. In Any Case, I'll Have Enjoyed The Inestimable Advantage Of Doing Things I Like Doing And Following My Own Inclinations.

There Aren't Many Benefactors Who Don't Say, Like Satan: All These Things Will I Give You If You Bow Down And Worship Me.

An Author Is Often Obscure To The Reader Because They Proceed From The Thought To Expression Than Like The Reader From The Expression To The Thought.