Aug 162010
“It is with trifles, and when he is off guard, that a man best reveals his character.”
- When evaluating a person, no other facility is as rapacious in illuminating inadequacies as those shown through the choice of partner.
“Much would have been gained if through timely advice young people could have had eradicated from their minds the erroneous notion that the world has a great deal to offer them.”
- Peradventure the greatest of all follies a child must contend with. If only there were prescient abilities to limit this.