“Of course, the greater one's need, the greater one's propensity to be mesmerized.”
“To give love to one who needs it is a far greater pleasure than to receive it.”
“Curiosity is a restless propensity and often does but hurry us forward the more irresistably, the greater is the danger that attends its indulgence.”
“Friendship is one friend betraying another friend to a third friend. With a fond friendly smile. The greater the betrayal, the greater the intimacy - the greater the friendship.”
“...success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue...as the unintended side-effect of one's personal dedication to a course greater than oneself.”
“There is no greater pleasure than winning a competition with one's sister and no greater sorrow than to see her suffer because of it.”