Wisdom Is Seldom Gained Without Suffering.

Many A Man Has A Kind Of A Kaleidoscope, Where The Bits Of Broken Glass Are His Own Merits And Fortunes; And They Fall Into Harmonious Arrangements, And Delight Him, Often Most Mischievously And To His Ultimate Detriment; But They Are A Present Pleasure.

The Apparent Foolishness Of Others Is But Too Frequently Our Own Ignorance.

There Is One Statesman Of The Present Day, Of Whom I Always Say That He Would Have Escaped Making The Blunders That He Has Made If He Had Only Ridden More In Buses.

If You Would Understand Your Own Age, Read The Works Of Fiction Produced In It. People In Disguise Speak Freely.

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