As there are some faults that have been termed faults on the right side, so there are some errors that might be denominated errors on the safe side. Thus we seldom regret having been too mild, too cautious, or too humble; but we often repent having been too violent, too precipitate, or too proud.

He that can please nobody is not so much to be pitied as he that nobody can please.

Of all the marvelous works of God, perhaps the one angels view with the most supreme astonishment, is a proud man.

We cannot think too highly of our nature, nor too humbly of ourselves.

He that dies a martyr proves that he was not a knave, but by no means that he was not a fool; since the most absurd doctrines are not without such evidence as martyrdom can produce. A martyr, therefore, by the mere act of suffering, can prove nothing but his own faith.

Many books owe their success to the good memories of their authors and the bad memories of their readers.

Sturdy beggars can bear stout denials.