Little minds mistake little objects for great ones, and lavish away upon the former that time and attention which only the latterdeserve. To such mistakes we owe the numerous and frivolous tribe of insect-mongers, shell-mongers, and pursuers and driers of butterflies, etc. The strong mind distinguishes, not only between the useful and the useless, but likewise between the useful and the curious.

So much are our minds influenced by the accidents of our bodies, that every man is more the man of the day than a regular and consequential character.

Those whom you can make like themselves better will, I promise you, like you very well.

Little vicious minds abound with anger and revenge and are incapable of feeling te pleasure of forgiving their enemies.

To know a little of anything gives neither satisfaction nor credit, but often brings disgrace or ridicule.

Swift speedy time, feathered with flying hours, Dissolves the beauty of the fairest brow.

I look upon indolence as a sort of suicide; for the man is effectually destroyed, though the appetites of the brute may survive.