Solomon's Proverbs, I think, have omitted to say, that as the sore palate findeth grit, so an uneasy consciousness heareth innuendos.

Iteration, like friction, is likely to generate heat instead of progress.

Of all forms of human error, prophesy is the most avoidable.

A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.

With a single drop of ink for a mirror, the Egyptian sorcerer undertakes to reveal to any chance comer far-reaching visions of the past. This is what I undertake to do for you, reader.

We must not inquire too curiously into motives. they are apt to become feeble in the utterance: the aroma is mixed with the grosser air. We must keep the germinating grain away from the light.

Some people are born to make life pretty, and others to grumble that it is not pretty enough.