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
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
I have not skillFrom such a sharp and waspish word as "No"To pluck the sting. — Henry Taylor Copy Share
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
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
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
...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
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
Prodigality is indeed the vice of a weak nature, as avarice is of a strong one; it comes of a weak craving for those… — Henry Taylor Copy Share
When you give, therefore, take to yourself no credit for generosity, unless you deny yourself something in order that you may give. — Henry Taylor Copy Share
A secret may be sometimes best kept by keeping the secret of its being a secret. It is not many years since a State… — Henry Taylor Copy Share
