Stupidity,--unconscious ignorance.

As the flint contains the spark, unknown to itself, which the steel alone can awaken to life, so adversity often reveals to us hidden gems, which prosperity or negligence would forever have hidden.

Admiration is a youthful fancy will which scarcely ever survives to mature years.

As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.

Advice can be like cod liver oil, easy enough to administer but not so pleasant to take for anybody.

Fuss is half-sister to hurry, and neither of them can do anything without getting in their own way.

Men mourn for what they have lost; women for what they ain't got.