One single glance will conquer all descriptions.

Thou hast seen many sorrows, travel-stained pilgrim of the world, But that which hath vexed thee most, hath been the looking for evil; And though calamities have crossed thee, and misery been heaped on thy head, Yet ills that never happened, have chiefly made thee wretched.

Trifles lighter than straws are levers in the building up of character.

Men scanning the surface count the wicked happy; they see not the frightful dreams that crowd a bad man's pillow.

Betray mean terror of ridicule, thou shalt find fools enough to mock thee; but answer thou their language with contempt, and the scoffers will lick thy feet.

When thou choosest a wife, think not only of thyself, but of those God may give thee of her, that they reproach thee not for their being.

One single glance will conquer all descriptions.