Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends. Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon. There is a certain majesty in simplicity which is far above all the quaintness of wit. To run amuck, and tilt at all I meet. To err is human, to forgive divine. A man should never be ashamed to own that he is wrong, which is but saying in other words that he is wiser today than he was yesterday. All nature is but art unknown to thee. An honest man is the noblest work of God. At every trifle take offence, that always shows great pride or little sense. At every word a reputation dies. |