To Give A Reason For Anything Is

A Proud Man Is Satisfied With His Own Good Opinion, And Does Not Seek To Make Converts To It.

It Is A False Principle That Because We Are Entirely Occupied With Ourselves, We Must Equally Occupy The Thoughts Of Others. The Contrary Inference Is The Fair One.

The Objects That We Have Known In Better Days Are The Main Props That Sustain The Weight Of Our Affections, And Give Us Strength To Await Our Future Lot.

Time,--the Most Independent Of All Things.

No One Ever Approaches Perfection Except By Stealth, And Unknown To Themselves.