It is vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquillity: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.

Friends and Friendship

If we would build on a sure foundation in friendship, we must love friends for their sake rather than for our own.

Revenge

Something of vengeance I had tasted for the first time; as aromatic wine it seemed, on swallowing, warm and racy: its after-flavor, metallic and corroding, gave me a sensation as if I had been poisoned.