The Player Envies Only The Player, The

What Passes In The World For Talent Or Dexterity Or Enterprise Is Often Only A Want Of Moral Principle. We May Succeed Where Others Fail, Not From A Greater Share Of Invention, But From Not Being Nice In The Choice Of Expedients.

To-day Kings, To-marrow Beggars, It Is Only When They Are Themselves That They Are Nothing.

I Do Not Think That What Is Called Love At First Sight Is So Great An Absurdity As It Is Sometimes Imagined To Be. We Generally Make Up Our Minds Beforehand To The Sort Of Person We Should Like, Grave Or Gay, Black, Brown, Or Fair; With Golden Tresses Or Raven Locks; - And When We Meet With A Complete Example Of The Qualities We Admire, The Bargain Is Soon Struck.

I Am Always Afraid Of A Fool. One Cannot Be Sure That He Is Not A Knave As Well.

Love And Joy Are Twins Or Born Of Each Other.