Dissimulation Is The Only Thing That Makes

Truth Is A Rough, Honest, Helter-skelter Terrier That None Like To See Brought Into Their Drawing Rooms.

When One Has Not Father, Or Mother, Or Brother, And All One's Friends Have Barely Bread Enough For Themselves, Life Cannot Be Very Easy, Nor Its Crusts Very Many At Any Time.

Genius Cannot Escape The Taint Of Its Time More Than A Child The Influence Of Its Begetting.

It Is Hard Work To Be Good When You Are Very Little And Very Hungry, And Have Many Sticks To Beat You, And No Mother's Lips To Kiss You.

Honor Is An Old-world Thing; But It Smells Sweet To Those In Whose Hand It Is Strong.