Not In Sorrow Freely Is

Vanity Is So Constantly Solicitous Of Self, That Even Where Its Own Claims Are Not Interested, It Indirectly Seeks The Aliment Which It Loves, By Showing How Little Is Deserved By Others.

Genius Is The Very Eye Of Intellect And The Wing Of Thought; It Is Always In Advance Of Its Time, And Is The Pioneer For The Generation Which It Precedes.

Have I Done Anything For Society? I Have Then Done More For Myself. Let That Question And Truth Be Always Present To Thy Mind, And Work Without Cessation.

Solitude Bears The Same Relation To The Mind That Sleep Does To The Body. It Affords It The Necessary Opportunities For Repose And Recovery.

Better That We Should Err In Action Than Wholly Refuse To Perform. The Storm Is So Much Better Than The Calm, As It Declares The Presence Of A Living Principle. Stagnation Is Something Worse Than Death. It Is Corruption Also.