Poverty wants much; but avarice, everything

Poverty wants much; but avarice, everything

Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.

Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.

Jealousy is not so much the love of another as the love of ourselves.

Jealousy is not so much the love of another as the love of ourselves.

We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of read more

We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.

Hell has three gates: lust, anger, and greed

Hell has three gates: lust, anger, and greed

In a world we find terrifying, we ratify that which doesn't threaten us.

In a world we find terrifying, we ratify that which doesn't threaten us.

Selfishness, not love, is the actuating motive of the gallant.

Selfishness, not love, is the actuating motive of the gallant.

Worse than traitors in arms are the men who pretend loyalty to the flag, feast and fatten on the misfortunes read more

Worse than traitors in arms are the men who pretend loyalty to the flag, feast and fatten on the misfortunes of the Nation while patriotic blood is crimsoning the plains of the South and their countrymen moldering the dust.

The covetous man pines in plenty, like Tantalus up to the chin in water, and yet thirsty.

The covetous man pines in plenty, like Tantalus up to the chin in water, and yet thirsty.