Grief is the agony of an instant. The indulgence of grief the blunder of a life.
No affection and a great brain, these are the people to command the world.
When a man is going to try and borrow money, it is wise to look prosperous
But what minutes! Count them by sensation, and not by calendars, and each moment is a day.
It is the fashion to style the present moment an extraordinary crisis.
That youthful fervor, which is sometimes called enthusiasm, but which is a heat of imagination subsequently discovered to be inconsistent with the experience of actual life.