Ethical maxims are bandied about as a sort of current coin of discourse, and, being never melted down for use, those that are of base metal are never detected.

All gaming, since it implies a desire to profit at the expense of another, involves a breach of the tenth commandment.

Do you want to know the man against whom you have most reason to guard yourself? Your looking-glass will give you a very fair likeness of his face.

Geologists complain that when they want specimens of the common rocks of a country, they receive curious spars; just so, historians give us the extraordinary events and omit just what we want,--the every-day life of each particular time and country.

Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry gets the best of the argument.

The relief that is afforded to mere want, as want, tends to increase that want.

He who is not aware of his ignorance will be only misled by his knowledge.