Fame has only the span of the day, they say. But to live in the hearts of people-that is worth something.
There is nothing that you may not get people to believe in if you will only tell it them loud enough and often enough, till the welkin rings with it.
The art of pleasing is more based on the art of seeming pleased than people think of, and she disarmed the prejudices of her enemies by the unaffected delight she appeared to take in themselves.
Fancy tortures more people than does reality
Intensely selfish people are always very decided as to what they wish. They do not waste their energies in considering the good of others.