Conceit is the most contemptible and one of the most odious qualities in the world. It is vanity driven from all other shifts, and forced to appeal to itself for admiration.

If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die. read more

• Thought Lose Love Self Respect for How Finally Die

Greatness be nothing unless it be lasting. read more

• Thought Greatness Nothing Unless Lasting

There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity. read more

• Thought Nothing Worse Aggressive Stupidity

Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding. read more

• Thought Pain Breaking Shell Encloses Understanding

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. read more

• Thought Truth Universally Acknowledged Single Man Possession Good Fortune Want Wife

We do not see nature with our eyes, but with our understandings and our hearts. read more

• Thought Do See Nature Our Eyes Understandings Hearts

No one ever approaches perfection except by stealth, and unknown to themselves. read more

• Thought Approaches Perfection Except by Stealth Unknown Themselves

Our energy is in proportion to the resistance it meets. read more

• Thought Our Energy Proportion Resistance Meets

Few things tend more to alienate friendship than a want of punctuality in our engagements. I have known the breach of a promise to dine or sup to break up more than one intimacy. read more

• Thought Few Things Tend More Alienate Friendship Want Punctuality Our Engagements Known Breach Promise Dine Sup Break Up Intimacy

A man is a hypocrite only when he affects to take a delight in what he does not feel, not because he takes a perverse delight in opposite things. read more

• Thought Man Hypocrite Affects Take Delight What Does Feel Takes Perverse Opposite Things