Wisdom Is Seldom Gained Without Suffering.

Rare Almost As Great Poets, Rarer, Perhaps, Than Veritable Saints And Martyrs; Are Consummate Men Of Business. A Man, To Be Excellent In This Way, Requires A Great Knowledge Of Character, With That Exquisite Tact Which Feels Unerringly The Right Moment When To Act. A Discreet Rapidity Must Pervade All The Movements Of His Thought And Action. He Must Be Singularly Free From Vanity, And Is Generally Found To Be An Enthusiast Who Has The Art To Conceal His Enthusiasm.

Extremely Foolish Advice Is Likely To Be Uttered By Those Who Are Looking At The Laboring Vessel From The Land.

The Man Who Could Withstand, With His Fellow-men In Single Line, A Charge Of Cavalry May Lose All Command Of Himself On The Occurrence Of A Fire In His Own House, Because Of Some Homely Reminiscence Unknown To The Observing Bystander.

A Great And Frequent Error In Our Judgment Of Human Nature Is To Suppose That Those Sentiments And Feelings Have No Existence, Which May Be Only For A Time Concealed. The Precious Metals Are Not Found At The Surface Of The Earth, Except In Sandy Places.

Infinite Toil Would Not Enable You To Sweep Away A Mist; But By Ascending A Little You May Often Look Over It Altogether.