The Heroic Example Of Other Days Is

The World Will Tolerate Many Vices, But Not Their Diminutives.

An Official Man Is Always An Official Man, And Has A Wild Belief In The Value Of Reports.

Wise Sayings Often Fall On Barren Ground, But A Kind Word Is Never Thrown Away.

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

Almost All Human Affairs Are Tedious. Everything Is Too Long. Visits, Dinners, Concerts, Plays, Speeches, Pleadings, Essays, Sermons, Are Too Long. Pleasure And Business Labor Equally Under This Defect, Or, As I Should Rather Say, This Fatal Super-abundance.