If thou hast never been a fool, be sure thou wilt never be a wise man.

If people only made prudent marriages, what a stop to population there would be!

He who meanly admires a mean thing is a snob--perhaps that is a safe definition of the character.

What man's life is not overtaken by one or more of those tornadoes that send us out of the course, and fling us on rocks to shelter as best we may?

Certain it is that scandal is good brisk talk, whereas praise of one's neighbor is by no means lively hearing. An acquaintance grilled, scored, devilled, and served with mustard and cayenne pepper excites the appetite; whereas a slice of cold friend with currant jelly is but a sickly, unrelishing meat.

It is from the level of calamities, not that of every-day life, that we learn impressive and useful lessons.

Under the magnetism of friendship the modest man becomes bold; the shy, confident; the lazy, active; and the impetuous, prudent and peaceful.