The general will is always right， but the judgment which guides it is not always enlightened.

The most comfortable chair is the one I use myself when I have visitors.

Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.

"Literature is the mirror of society, reflecting its virtues and vices."

All writing is an attempt to escape the self.