Human kindness is like a defective tap, the first gush may be impressive but the stream soon dries up.
“We shall never be understood or respected by the English until we carry our individuality to extremes, and by asserting our independence, become of sufficient consequence in their eyes to merit a closer study than they have hitherto accorded us.”
“I got a mortgage at 17! I didn't even know you could get a mortgage at 17.”