The Meaning of Things

Moralising, a man who moralises is usually hypocrite. Tolerance, the peak of tolerance is most readily achieved by those who are not burdened with conviction.Mercy, he that spares the bad injures the good.Civility, the knowledge of courtesy is a very necessary study; like grace and beauty, it breeds mutual liking.Compromise, every human benefit, every virtue and every prudent act, is founded on compromise. Fear, if the diver always thought of the shark, he would never lay hands on the pearl.Courage, courage is a kind of salvation.Defeat, there are defeats more triumphant than victories.Sorrow, sorrow makes us all children again.Death, to die is different from what anyone supposed, and luckier.Hope, if it were not for hope, the heart would break.Perseverance, many strokes overthrow the tallest oaks.Prudence, he does well who moors his boat with two anchors.Frankness, if lie kill love, what does frankness do?Lying, the lie should be necessary to life is part and parcel of the terrible and questionable character of existence.Perjury, deceive not thy physician, confessor, or lawyer.Betrayal, all man can betray is his conscience.Loyalty, a jewel in a ten-times-barr'd-up chest is a bold spirit in a loyal breast.