Any one who is much talked of be much maligned. This seems to be a harsh conclusion; but when you consider how much more given men are to depreciate than to appreciate, you will acknowledge that there is some truth in the saying.

A sceptical young man one day conversing with the celebrated Dr. Parr, observed that he would believe nothing which he could not understand. "Then, young man, your creed will be the shortest of any man's I know."

Extremely foolish advice is likely to be uttered by those who are looking at the laboring vessel from the land.

Few have wished for memory so much as they have longed for forgetfulness.

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

The apparent foolishness of others is but too frequently our own ignorance.

Any one who is much talked of be much maligned. This seems to be a harsh conclusion; but when you consider how much more given men are to depreciate than to appreciate, you will acknowledge that there is some truth in the saying.