All pity is self-pity.

All wishes, whatever their apparent content, have the same and unvarying meaning: 'I refuse to be what I am.'

In societies with fewer opportunities for amusement, it was also easier to tell a mere wish from a real desire. If, in order to hear some music, a man has to w…

The law cannot forgive, for the law has not been wronged, only broken; only persons can be wronged. The law can pardon, but it can only pardon what it has the …