"Who art thou that despite the piercing cold and thy robe's raggedness seemest to enjoy thyself?"
"Naught else is enjoyable—I am Contentment."
"Ha! thine must be a magic shirt. Off with it! I shiver in my fine attire."
"I have no shirt. Pass on, Success."
Ignorance when inevitable is excusable. It may be harmless, even beneficial; but it is charming only to the unwise. To affect a spurious ignorance is to disclose a genuine.
Because you will not take by theft what you can have by cheating, think not yours is the only conscience in the world. Even he who permits you to cheat his neighbor will shrink from permitting you to cheat himself.
"God keep thee, stranger; what is thy name?"
"Wisdom. And thine?"
"Knowledge. How does it happen that we meet?"
"This is an intersection of our paths."