A horse does not admire its companion. A trifle consoles us because a trifle distresses us. Earnestness is enthusiasm tempered by reason. All human evil comes from a single cause, man's inability to sit still in a room. Faith embraces many truths which seem to contradict each other.
Curiosity is only vanity.
Most frequently we wish not to know, but to talk . We would not take a sea voyage for the sole pleasure of seeing without hope of ever telling. Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much. Nothing is so intolerable to man as being fully at rest, without a passion, without business, without entertainment, without care.