He [Pliny the Elder] used to say that 'no book [etc] was so bad but some good might be got out of it'.

That indolent but agreeable condition of doing nothing.

He [Pliny the Elder] used to say that 'no book [etc] was so bad but some good might be got out of it'.

Generosity, when once set going, knows not how to stop; as the more familiar we are with the lovely form, the more enamored we become of her charms.

Honor puts us under an obligation as binding as necessity is for other people.

Perhaps you will ask whether I can raise these three millions without difficulty. Well, nearly all my capital is invested in land, but I have some money out at interest and I can borrow without any trouble.

It is wonderful how the mind is stirred and quickened into activity by brisk bodily exercise.