Reading Is Sometimes An Ingenious

The Most Common-place People Become Highly Imaginative When They Are In A Passion. Whole Dramas Of Insult, Injury, And Wrong Pass Before Their Minds,--efforts Of Creative Genius, For There Is Sometimes Not A Fact To Go Upon.

It Takes A Great Man To Make A Great Listener

They Tell Us That "pity Is Akin To Love;" If So, Pity Must Be A Poor Relation.

Having Once Decided To Achieve A Certain Task, Achieve It At All Costs Of Tedium And Distaste. The Gain In Self Confidence Of Having Accomplished A Tiresome Labor Is Immense.

It Is Better In Some Respects To Be Admired By Those With Whom You Live Than To Be Loved By Them; And This Not On Account Of Any Gratification Of Vanity, But Because Admiration Is So Much More Tolerant Than Love.