Why Do They Call Me Misanthrope? Because

Age Shakes Athena's Tower, But Spares Gray Marathon.

My Turn Of Mind Is So Given To Taking Things In The Absurd Point Of View, That It Breaks Out In Spite Of Me Every Now And Then.

Fame Is The Thirst Of Youth.

The Reason That Adulation Is Not Displeasing Is That, Though Untrue, It Shows One To Be Of Consequence Enough, In One Way Or Other, To Induce People To Lie.

There Is Pleasure In The Pathless Woods.