Hatred comes from the heart; contempt from the head; and neither feeling is quite within our control.

The man who sees two or three generations is like someone who sits in a conjurer's booth at a fair and sees the tricks two or three times. They are meant to be seen only once.

Hatred comes from the heart; contempt from the head; and neither feeling is quite within our control

The worst thing I can be is the same as everybody else. I hate that.

One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important.

Genuine tranquility of the heart and perfect peace of mind, the highest blessings on earth after health, are to be found only in solitude and, as a permanent disposition, only in the deepest seclusion.