Swimming for his life, a man does not see much of the country through which the river winds.
Man is to be trained chiefly by studying and by knowing man.
Selfishness is the greatest curse of the human race.
No one ever became great except through many and great mistakes.
Men are apt to mistake the strength of their feeling for the strength of their argument. The heated mind resents the chill touch and relentless scrutiny of logic.
If you are cold, tea will warm you; if you are too heated, it will cool you; If you are depressed, it will cheer you; If you are excited, it will calm you.