Faults And Defects Every Work Of Man

When I Was As You Are Now, Towering In The Confidence Of Twenty-one, Little Did I Suspect That I Should Be At Forty-nine, What I Now Am.

Probably No One Will Ever Know Whether It Is Better To Wear A Nightcap Or Not.

The Love Of Life Is Necessary To The Vigorous Prosecution Of Any Undertaking

A Fishing Rod Is A Stick With A Hook At One End And A Fool At The Other.

Persius Has Justly Observed, That Knowledge Is Nothing To Him Who Is Not Known By Others To Possess It: To The Scholar Himself It Is Nothing With Respect Either To Honour Or Advantage, For The World Cannot Reward Those Qualities Which Are Concealed From It; With Respect To Others It Is Nothing, Because It Affords No Help To Ignorance Or Errour.