The Most Enthusiastic Man In A Cause

People Resemble Still More The Time In Which They Live, Than They Resemble Their Fathers.

It Is Quite Impossible To Understand The Character Of A Person From One Action, However Striking That Action May Be.

Simple Ignorance Has In Its Time Been Complimented By The Names Of Most Of The Vices, And Of All The Virtues.

Wisdom Is Seldom Gained Without Suffering.

Almost All Human Affairs Are Tedious. Everything Is Too Long. Visits, Dinners, Concerts, Plays, Speeches, Pleadings, Essays, Sermons, Are Too Long. Pleasure And Business Labor Equally Under This Defect, Or, As I Should Rather Say, This Fatal Super-abundance.