Pedigrees seldom improve by age; the grandson is too often a weak infringement on the grandsire's parent.
Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope.
Ignorance is the wet-nurse of prejudice.
Prejudice is a house-plant which is very apt to wilt if you take it out-of-doors among folks.
Music wasn't made to make us wise, but better natured.
Half of the troubles of this life can be traced to saying yes too quickly and not saying no soon enough.