Self-indulgence takes many forms; and we should bear in mind that there may be a sullen sensuality as well as a gay one. - Arthur Helps

The knowledge of others which experience gives us, is of slight value when compared with that which we obtain from having proved the inconstancy of our own desires.

Soothe the present as much as we may; look forward as hopefully as we can to the future, still the dreadful past must overshadow us.

Any one who is much talked of, must be much maligned. This seems to be a harsh conclusion; but when you consider how much more given men are to depreciate than to appreciate, you will acknowledge that there is some truth in the saying.