Rascals are always sociable--more's the pity! and the chief sign that a man has any nobility in his character is the little pleasure he takes in others' company. He prefers solitude more and more, and, in course of time, comes to see that, with few exceptions, the world offers no choice beyond solitude on one side and vulgarity on the other. Essays and Aphorisms
Fame must have enemies, as light must have gnats. Villemain
“She was pressing her brown, sun-tanned face to the bars and smiling as hard as she could. I thought she was looking very pretty, but somehow couldn’t bring myself to tell her so.” Stranger
There is a remedy for all things but death, which will be sure to lay us out flat some time or other. Don Quixote
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