What People Commonly Call Fate

Politeness Is To Human Nature What Warmth Is To Wax.

What People Commonly Call Fate Is Mostly Their Own Stupidity.

The Happiness Which We Receive From Ourselves Is Greater Than That Which We Obtain From Our Surroundings. . . . The World In Which A Person Lives Shapes Itself Chiefly By The Way In Which He Or She Looks At It.

Ignorance Is Degrading Only When Found In Company With Great Riches.

In Reading, The Mind Is, In Fact, Only The Playground Of Another's Thoughts.