Repentance is second innocence.--_De Bonald._

~Repose.~--Repose is agreeable to the human mind; and decision is repose.

A man has made up his opinions; he does not choose to be disturbed; and

he is much more thankful to the man who confirms him in his errors, and

leaves him alone, than he is to the man who refutes him, or who

instructs him at the expense of his tranquillity.--_Sydney Smith._

Pearls of Thought · 第 475 / 627 题