'Tis an old tale, and often told;
But did my fate and wish agree,
Ne'er had been read more

'Tis an old tale, and often told;
But did my fate and wish agree,
Ne'er had been read, in story old,
Of maiden true betray'd for gold,
That loved, or was avenged, like me!

There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state to another, nothing read more

There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state to another, nothing more. He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness. We must have felt what it is to die, that we may appreciate the enjoyments of life.

That old law about "an eye for an eye" leaves everybody blind. The time is always right to do the read more

That old law about "an eye for an eye" leaves everybody blind. The time is always right to do the right thing.

Anyone can rat, but it takes a certain amount of ingenuity to
re-rat.

Anyone can rat, but it takes a certain amount of ingenuity to
re-rat.

Life being what it is, one dreams of revenge.

Life being what it is, one dreams of revenge.

Revenge... is like a rolling stone, which, when a man hath forced up a hill, will return upon him with read more

Revenge... is like a rolling stone, which, when a man hath forced up a hill, will return upon him with a greater violence, and break those bones whose sinews gave it motion.

Revenge is always the weak pleasure of a little and narrow mind.
[Lat., Semper et infirmi est animi exiguique read more

Revenge is always the weak pleasure of a little and narrow mind.
[Lat., Semper et infirmi est animi exiguique voluptas Ultio.]

Women do most delight in revenge.

Women do most delight in revenge.

She (Eleanor Roosevelt) got even in a way that was almost cruel. She forgave them.

She (Eleanor Roosevelt) got even in a way that was almost cruel. She forgave them.