Men Have Been Wise In

We Are Told, That The Black Bear Is Innocent; But I Should Not Like To Trust Myself With Him.

Men Who Cannot Deceive Others Are Very Often Successful At Deceiving Themselves.

Age Is Rarely Despised But When It Is, Contemptible.

I Fancy Mankind May Come, In Time, To Write All Aphoristically, Except In Narrative; Grow Weary Of Preparation, And Connection, And Illustration, And All Those Arts By Which A Big Book Is Made.

There Is Little Peace Or Comfort In Life If We Are Always Anxious As To Future Events. He That Worries Himself With The Dread Of Possible Contingencies Will Never Be At Rest.