Some persons, instead of making a religion for their God, are content to make a god of their religion.

There is hardly a more common error than that of taking the man who has one talent, for a genius.

Infinite toil would not enable you to sweep away a mist; but by ascending a little you may often look over it altogether.

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When we consider the incidents of former days, and perceive, while reviewing the long line of causes, how the most important events of our lives originated in the most trifling circumstances; how the beginning of our greatest happiness or greatest misery is to be attributed to a delay, to an accident, to a mistake; we learn a lesson of profound humility.

The man who could withstand, with his fellow-men in single line, a charge of cavalry may lose all command of himself on the occurrence of a fire in his own house, because of some homely reminiscence unknown to the observing bystander.

The world will tolerate many vices, but not their diminutives.