“We pay for vice by the knowledge that we are wicked; we pay for pleasure when we find out too late that we are nothing.” — Cyril Connolly Copy Share Image
Attention and respect give pleasure, however late, or however useless. But they are not useless, when they are late, it is reasonable to rejoice, as the day declines, to find that it has been spent with the approbation of mankind. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image