I Am Not Proud, But I Am

If It Is Ones Lot To Be Cast Among Fools, One Must Learn Foolishness.-the Count Of Monte Cristo

I Do Not Often Laugh, Sir, As You May Perceive By The Air Of My Countenance; But Nevertheless, I Retain The Privilege Of Laughing When I Please.

You Who Are In Power Have Only The Means That Money Produces — We Who Are In Expectation, Have Those Which Devotion Prompts.

It Is The Way Of Weakened Minds To See Everything Through A Black Cloud. The Soul Forms Its Own Horizons; Your Soul Is Darkened, And Consequently The Sky Of The Future Appears Stormy And Unpromising

Perhaps What I Am About To Say Will Appear Strange To You Gentlemen, Socialists, Progressives, Humanitarians As You Are, But I Never Worry About My Neighbor, I Never Try To Protect Society Which Does Not Protect Me -- Indeed, I Might Add, Which Generally Takes No Heed Of Me Except To Do Me Harm -- And, Since I Hold Them Low In My Esteem And Remain Neutral Towards Them, I Believe That Society And My Neighbor Are In My Debt.