History, we know, is apt to repeat itself.

Don't let us rejoice in punishment, even when the hand of God alone inflicts it. The best of us are but poor wretches, just saved from shipwreck. Can we feel anything but awe and pity when we see a fellow-passenger swallowed by the waves?

What a different result one gets by changing the metaphor!

Ingenious philosophers tell you, perhaps, that the great work of the steam-engine is to create leisure for mankind. Do not believe them; it only creates a vacuum for eager thought to rush in.

It is better - it shall be better with me because I have known you.

I don't feel sure about doing good in any way now; everything seems like going on a mission to a people whose language I don't know.

to my thinking, it is more pitiable to bore than to be bored.