They That Apply Themselves To Trifling Matters

There May Be Talent Without Position, But There Is No Position Without Some Kind Of Talent.

Love Can No More Continue Without A Constant Motion Than Fire Can; And When Once You Take Hope And Fear Away, You Take From It Its Very Life And Being.

Sobriety Is Concern For One's Health - Or Limited Capacity.

There Is A Form Of Eminence Which Does Not Depend On Fate; It Is An Air Which Sets Us Apart And Seems To Prtend Great Things; It Is The Value Which We Unconsciously Attach To Ourselves; It Is The Quality Which Wins Us Deference Of Others; More Than Birth, Position, Or Ability, It Gives Us Ascendance.

There Are Crimes Which Become Innocent And Even Glorious Through Their Splendor, Number And Excess.