Emulation Is Active Virtue; Envy Is Brooding

Belief Of Some Sort Is The Lifeblood Of Art.

Charity Is A Flower Not Naturally Of Earthly Growth, And It Needs Manuring With A Promise Of Profit.

The Joy Of A Strong Nature Is As Cloudless As Its Suffering Is Desolate.

When One Has Not Father, Or Mother, Or Brother, And All One's Friends Have Barely Bread Enough For Themselves, Life Cannot Be Very Easy, Nor Its Crusts Very Many At Any Time.

Excess Always Carries Its Own Retribution.