What A Pity, When Christopher Colombus Discovered

Too Much Brilliance Has Its Disadvantages, And Misplaced Wit May Raise A Laugh, But Often Beheads A Topic Of Profound Interest.

I Have Been Devoured All My Life By An Incurable And Burning Impatience: And To This Day Find All Oratory, Biography, Operas, Films, Plays, Books, And Persons, Too Long.

It Is Always Dangerous To Generalize, But The American People, While Infinitely Generous, Are A Hard And Strong Race And, But For The Few Cemeteries I Have Seen, I Am Inclined To Think They Never Die.

To Marry A Man Out Of Pity Is Folly; And, If You Think You Are Going To Influence The Kind Of Fellow Who Has Never Had A Chance, Poor Devil, You Are Profoundly Mistaken. One Can Only Influence The Strong Characters In Life, Not The Weak; And It Is The Height Of Vanity To Suppose That You Can Make An Honest Man Of Anyone.

I Do Not Say I Was Ever What I Would Call "plain," But I Have The Sort Of Face That Bores Me When I See It On Other People.