He that complies against his will, Is of his own opinion still.

He was born stupid, and greatly increased his birthright.

Flying. Whatever any other organism has been able to do man should surely be able to do also, though he may go a different way about it.

Adversity, if a man is set down to it by degrees, is more supportable with equanimity by most people than any great prosperity arrived at in a single lifetime.

He that complies against his will, Is of his own opinion still.

There is no such source of error as the pursuit of absolute truth.

Youth is like spring, an over praised season more remarkable for biting winds than genial breezes. Autumn is the mellower season, and what we lose in flowers we more than gain in fruits.