Flattery Succeeds Best On Minds Previously Occupied

I Was In My Peak Physical Condition When I Was About Like, Uh... One. Oh God, I Looked Good, Young And Fresh! You Wouldn't Know Me Now If You'd Seen Me When I Was One, You Know? I Even Looked Good For My Age. People Would Come Up To Me And Go, What Are You, Zero? And I'd Go, No, I'm One Over Here!

Flattery Succeeds Best On Minds Previously Occupied By Conceit.

We Are Often Less Grieved At Disappointments Than At Ourselves For Having Said Much Concerning The Certainty Of Our Expectations.

We Often Suffer More From Our Fears, Than From The Dangers Of Our Situation.

Happiness Is Less Regulated By External Circumstances Than Inward Enjoyment. Whoever Is Happy In The Satisfaction Of Himself Feels Imperturbable Felicity; But He, Who Trusts Entirely To The World For The Disposition Of His Peace, Must Inevitably Participate [in] Many Privations And Disappointments.