The man whose action habitually bears the stamp of his mind is a genius, but the greatest genius is not always equal to himself, o...r he would cease to be human.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Now narrow minds can develop as well through persecution as through benevolence; they can assure themselves of their power by tyra...nnizing cruelly or beneficently over others; they go the way their nature guides them. Add to this the guidance of interest, and you will have the key to most social riddles.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Unintelligent persons are like weeds that thrive in good ground; they love to be amused in proportion to the degree in which they ...weary themselves.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Between the daylight gambler and the player at night there is the same difference that lies between a careless husband and the lov...er swooning under his lady's window.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Ambitious men spend their youth in rendering themselves worthy of patronage; it is their great mistake. While the foolish creature...s are laying in stores of knowledge and energy, so that they shall not sink under the weight of responsible posts that recede from them, schemers come and go who are wealthy in words and destitute of ideas, astonish the ignorant, and creep into the confidence of those who have a little knowledge.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »