Watch Lest Prosperity Destroy Generosity.

Genius Unexerted Is No More Genius Than A Bushel Of Acorns Is A Forest Of Oaks.

The True Secret Of Giving Advice Is, After You Have Honestly Given It, To Be Perfectly Indifferent Whether It Is Taken Or Not, And Never Persist In Trying To Set People Right.

Children Are Unpredictable. You Never Know What Inconsistency They Are Going To Catch You In Next.

Where All Of The Man Is What Property He Owns, It Does Not Take Long To Annihilate Him.

I Think Half The Troubles For Which Men Go Slouching In Prayer To God Are Caused By Their Intolerable Pride. Many Of Our Cares Are But A Morbid Way Of Looking At Our Privileges. We Let Our Blessings Get Mouldy, And Then Call Them Curses.