Indifferent to me, alike, the spider who could sting, or the harmless butterfly whose only offensiveness is in the folly of his wearing a glitter which he can not take care of.

I was a merciless enemy, giving no quarter; and with an Ishmaelitish spirit, lifting my hand against all the tribes that were buzzing around me." "I believe you have spoken the truth, Guy, so far as your particular qualities of temper are concerned; for, had I undertaken to have spoken for you in relation to this subject, I should probably have said, though not to the same degree, the same thing; but the wonder with me is, how, with such feelings, you should have so long remained in quiet, and in some respects, perfectly harmless." "There is as little mystery in the one as in the other.

You may judge that my sphere of action--speaking of _action_ in a literal sense--was rather circumscribed at Gwinnett courthouse: but, the fact is, I was then but acquiring my education.

I was, for the first time, studying rogues, and the study of rogues is not unaptly fitted to make one take up the business.

_I_, at least, found it to have that effect.