Genius Consists Of Equal Parts Of Natural

The Reputation Of A Don Juan Gives To A Man The Most Dangerous Power. Wise Virgins Resist It, But Foolish Virgins Frequently Yield To The Desire To Take A Celebrated Lover From A Rival - Even From A Friend. This Emotion Is A Complex One, Mad Up Of Vanity, Respect For Another Woman's Taste, And The Need To Establish Self-assurance By Winning A Difficult Victory. Don Juan Chose His First Mistresses; Later He Was Chosen.

One Has Very Little Influence Upon One's Children. Their Characters Are What They Are And One Can Do Nothing To Change Them.

Smile, For Everyone Lacks Self-confidence And More Than Any Other One Thing A Smile Reassures Them.

A Great Biography Should, Like The Close Of A Great Drama, Leave Behind It A Feeling Of Serenity. We Collect Into A Small Bunch The Flowers, The Few Flowers, Which Brought Sweetness Into A Life, And Present It As An Offering To An Accomplished Destiny. It Is The Dying Refrain Of A Completed Song, The Final Verse Of A Finished Poem.

Love Born Of Anxiety Resembles A Thorn Shaped So That Efforts To Pull It Out Of One's Flesh Merely Cause It To Penetrate More Deeply Therein.