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The reasons which any man offers to you for his own conduct betray his opinion of your character.
Rare almost as great poets, rarer, perhaps, than veritable saints and martyrs; are consummate men of business. A man, to be excellent in this way, requires a great knowledge of character, with that exquisite tact which feels unerringly the right moment when to act. A discreet rapidity must pervade all the movements of his thought and action. He must be singularly free from vanity, and is generally found to be an enthusiast who has the art to conceal his enthusiasm.
Wisdom is seldom gained without suffering.
Most terrors are but spectral illusions. Only have the courage of the man who could walk up to his spectre seated in the chair before him, and sit down upon it; the horrid thing will not partake the chair with you.
It has always appeared to me, that there is so much to be done in this world, that all self-inflicted suffering which cannot be turned to good account for others, is a loss - a loss, if you may so express it, to the spiritual world.
It is a weak thing to tell half your story, and then ask your friend's advice-a still weaker thing to take it.
Given a choice of weapons with you sir, I should choose grammar.
I am irritated by my own writing. I am like a violinist whose ear is true, but whose fingers refuse to reproduce precisely the sound he hears within.
We all think there is a formula, (but) as long as we love our children, that's really the only solid thing I know that works across the board.
I'm just happy that a couple folks still know my name, and that I'm still able to sell out venues when I perform live.