That old boy can go ... I didn't think he would punish himself that much but he did.

The Universal view melts things into a blur.

A young bride is like a plucked flower, but a guilty wife is like a flower that had been walked over.

True Heaven prohibits certain pleasures, but one can generally negotiate a compromise.

As a man is so he sees. As the eye is formed such are its powers.

I have a notion that gamblers are as happy as most people being always excited, women wine fame the table even ambition sate now and then but every turn of the card and cast of the dice keeps the gambler alive -- besides one can game ten times longer than one can do any thing else.

Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself.

The greater the difficulty the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.

I was convinced that the only thing I wanted to do ever - was write novels.

The way is long if one follows precepts but short... if one follows patterns.

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