It is said that Windham, when he came to the end of a speech, often found himself so perplexed by his own subtlety that he hardly knew which way he was going to give his vote. This is a good illustration of the fallaciousness of reasoning, and of the uncertainties which attend its practical application.

If you wish a general to be beaten, send him a ream full of instructions; if you wish him to succeed, give him a destination, and bid him conquer.

One saves oneself much pain, by taking pains; much trouble, by taking trouble.

Few are aware that they want any thing, except pounds schillings and pence.

People cannot go wrong, if you don't let them. They cannot go right, unless you let them.

We look to our last sickness for repentance, unmindful that it is during a recovery men repent, not during a sickness.

I bid you conquer in your warfare against your four great enemies, the world, the devil, the flesh, and above all, that obstinate and perverse self-will, unaided by which the other three would be comparatively powerless.