Some people without possessing genius have a remarkable power of stimulating it.

The absence of the latter means nothing$$$ though its presence may mean everything

There is no happiness where there is no wisdom...

The sight of a friendly face in the great wilderness of London is a pleasant thing indeed to a lonely man.

Read it up$$$ you really should. There is nothing new under the sun. It has all been done before.

Thy life is safe while any god saves mine.

There are some trees which grow to a certain height$$$ and then suddenly develop some unsightly eccentricity. You will see it often in humans.

When the Deliverator puts the hammer down$$$ shit happens.

If ignorant both of your enemy and yourself$$$ you are certain to be in peril.

When one tries to rise above Nature one is liable to fall below it. The highest type of man may revert to the animal if he leaves the straight road of destiny.