Men know no medium: They will either, spaniel-like, fawn at your feet, or be ready to leap into your lap.

What pity that Religion and Love, which heighten our relish for the things of both worlds, should ever run the human heart into enthusiasm, superstition, or uncharitableness!

Why Do We Procrastinate? P - postponing life R - resisting change O - overly cautious C - contemplating course of action R - reasoning and justifying A - afraid of success S - summoning up some courage T - trouble moving forward I - inability to see the outcome N - not able to trust in your abilities to make decisions A - attempting to control the situation T - time to reflect on your motives E - erodes progress

When we reflect upon the cruelties daily practised upon such of the animal creation as are given us for food, or which we ensnarefor our diversion, we shall be obliged to own that there is more of the savage in human nature than we are aware of.

Reverence to a woman in courtship is less to be dispensed with, as, generally, there is but little of it shown afterwards.

As a child is indulged or checked in its early follies, a ground is generally laid for the happiness or misery of the future man.

Hope is the cordial that keeps life from stagnating.