How very paltry and limited the normal human intellect is, and how little lucidity there is in the human consciousness, may be judged from the fact that, despite the ephemeral brevity of human life, the uncertainty of our existence and the countless enigmas which press upon us from all sides, everyone does not continually and ceaselessly philosophize, but that only the rarest of exceptions do. Counsels and Maxims

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. Never Give In!

Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery. Mansfield Park

There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about. The Picture of Dorian Gray