It is not permitted to you to wish to add another's advantages or
possessions to your own; you are permitted only to wish to be another.
The creator and arbiter of beauty is the heart; to the male rattlesnake
the female rattlesnake is the loveliest thing in nature.
Thought and emotion dwell apart. When the heart goes into the head there
is no dissension; only an eviction.
If you want to read a perfect book there is only one way: write it.
"Where goest thou, Ignorance?" "To fortify the mind of a maiden against
a peril." "I am going thy way. My name is Knowledge." "Scoundrel! Thou
art the peril."
A prude is one who blushes modestly at the indelicacy of her thoughts
and virtuously flies from the temptation of her desires.
The man who is always taking you by the hand is the same who if you were
hungry would take you by the cafe.
When a certain sovereign wanted war he threw out a diplomatic
intimation; when ready, a diplomat.
If public opinion were determined by a throw of the dice, it would in
the long run be half the time right.
The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the
business known as gambling.
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