“If I am fool, it is, at least, a doubting one; and I envy no one the certainty of his self-approved wisdom.”
“The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one's self a fool; the truest heroism is, to resist the doubt; and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted, and when to be obeyed.”
“Envy nobody. It is the true secret of happiness, or at least the only one I know. (By Moonlight)”
“Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.”
“wholly to be a fool while Spring is in the world my blood approves, and kisses are a far better fate than wisdom lady i swear by all flowers.”
“She left me, offended at my want of sympathy, and thinking, no doubt, that I envied her. I did not - at least, I firmly believed I did not.”