Shy and proud men are more liable than any others to fall into the hands of parasites and creatures of low character. For in the intimacies which are formed by shy men, they do not choose, but are chosen. — Henry Taylor Copy Share Image
No siren did ever so charm the ear of the listener as the listening ear has charmed the soul of the siren. — Henry Taylor Copy Share Image
Conscience is, in most men, an anticipation of the opinions of others. — Henry Taylor Copy Share Image
The philosophy which affects to teach us a contempt of money does not run very deep; for, indeed, it ought to be still more… — Henry Taylor Copy Share Image
His foodWas glory, which was poison to his mindAnd peril to his body. — Henry Taylor Copy Share Image
I have not skillFrom such a sharp and waspish word as "No"To pluck the sting. — Henry Taylor Copy Share Image
He who gives only what he would as readily throw away, gives without generosity; for the essence of generosity is in self-sacrifice. — Henry Taylor Copy Share Image
Shy and unready men are great betrayers of secrets: for there are few wants more urgent for the moment than the want of something… — Henry Taylor Copy Share Image
Wisdom is corrupted by ambition, even when the quality of the ambition is intellectual. For ambition, even of this quality, is but a form… — Henry Taylor Copy Share Image
...and for that they were rich,/And robbed the poor; and for that they were strong,/And scourged the weak; and for that they made laws/Which… — Henry Taylor Copy Share Image
We figure to ourselves The thing we like; and then we build it up, As chance will have it, on the rock or sand,-… — Henry Taylor Copy Share Image
