We Are Pleased With One

Rare Almost As Great Poets, Rarer, Perhaps, Than Veritable Saints And Martyrs; Are Consummate Men Of Business. A Man, To Be Excellent In This Way, Requires A Great Knowledge Of Character, With That Exquisite Tact Which Feels Unerringly The Right Moment When To Act. A Discreet Rapidity Must Pervade All The Movements Of His Thought And Action. He Must Be Singularly Free From Vanity, And Is Generally Found To Be An Enthusiast Who Has The Art To Conceal His Enthusiasm.

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.

You Cannot Ensure The Gratitude Of Others For A Favour Conferred Upon Them In The Way Which Is Most Agreeable To Yourself.

Men Rattle Their Chains-to Manifest Their Freedom.

A Great Many Wise Sayings Have Been Uttered About The Effects Of Solitary Retirement; But The Motives Which Impel Men To Seek It Are Not More Various Than The Effects Which It Produces On Different Individuals. One Thing Is Certain, That Those Who Can With Truth Affirm That They Are "never Less Alone Than When Alone," Might Generally Add That They Never Feel More Lonely Than When Not Alone.