No Man Ever Distinguished Himself Who Could

Bishop Wilkins Prophesied That The Time Would Come When Gentlemen, When They Were To Go On A Journey, Would Call For Their Wings As Regularly As They Call For Their Boots.

Remember, We Can Judge Better By The Conduct Of People Towards Others Than By Their Manner Towards Ourselves.

My Mother Took Too Much, A Great Deal Too Much, Care Of Me; She Over-educated, Over-instructed, Over-dosed Me With Premature Lessons Of Prudence: She Was So Afraid That I Should Ever Do A Foolish Thing, Or Not Say A Wise One, That She Prompted My Every Word, And Guided My Every Action. So I Grew Up, Seeing With Her Eyes, Hearing With Her Ears, And Judging With Her Understanding, Till, At Length, It Was Found Out That I Had Not Eyes, Ears Or Understanding Of My Own.

If Young Women Were Not Deceived Into A Belief That Affectation Pleases, They Would Scarcely Trouble Themselves To Practise It So Much.

The Human Heart, At Whatever Age, Opens To The Heart That Opens In Return.