Men die in despair, while spirits die in ecstasy.
Heaven should be kind to stupid people, for no one else can be consistently.
If youth were not ignorant and timid, civilization would be impossible.
Perhaps it is only human nature to inflict suffering on anything that will endure suffering, whether by reason of its genuine humility, or indifference, or sheer helplessness.
Nothing about me surprises me.
But reason always cuts a poor figure beside sentiment; the one being essentially restricted, like everything that is positive, while the other is infinite.