When a man says he wants to work, what he means is that he wants wages.
Men first make up their minds (and the smaller the mind the sooner made up), and then seek for the reasons; and if they chance to stumble upon a good reason, of course they do not reject it. But though they are right, they are only right by chance.
It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary.
Manners are one of the greatest engines of influence ever given to man.
Woman is like the reed which bends to every breeze, but breaks not in the tempest.
Neither human applause nor human censure is to be taken as the best of truth; but either should set us upon testing ourselves.