He who boasts of his accomplishments will heap ridicule.

He who boasts of his accomplishments will heap ridicule.

There is no feeling more comforting and consoling than knowing you are right next to the one you love.

There is no feeling more comforting and consoling than knowing you are right next to the one you love.

These signs have marked me extraordinary,
And all the courses of my life do show
I am read more

These signs have marked me extraordinary,
And all the courses of my life do show
I am not in the roll of common men.

Pride and conceit were the original sins of man.

Pride and conceit were the original sins of man.

He fell in love with himself at first sight and it is a passion to which he has always remained read more

He fell in love with himself at first sight and it is a passion to which he has always remained faithful. Selflove seems so often unrequited.

Had we not loved ourselves at all, we could never have been obliged to love anything. So that self-love is read more

Had we not loved ourselves at all, we could never have been obliged to love anything. So that self-love is the basis of all love.

To be scared is sensible, to be comfortable is suicidal.

To be scared is sensible, to be comfortable is suicidal.

I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth - and truth rewarded me.

I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth - and truth rewarded me.

Your bones have been my bedframe and your flesh has been my pillow. And I'm waiting for sleep.

Your bones have been my bedframe and your flesh has been my pillow. And I'm waiting for sleep.