Bessie-isms:

*You will never know the highest possible reaches of joy, if you have not, at least once, plumbed the deepest depths of despair.

* The best possible excuse does more than absolve you of blame; it implicates an enemy or other person you dislike.

Quotables:

It is as easy to deceive one’s self without perceiving it, as it is difficult to deceive others without their finding out.

La Rochefoucauld 1613-1718