The Worth Of A Book

The Finest Compliment That Can Be Paid To A Woman Of Sense Is To Address Her As Such.

Troubles Forereckoned Are Doubly Suffered.

The Extent Of Poverty In The World Is Much Exaggerated. Our Sensitiveness Makes Half Our Poverty; Our Fears--anxieties For Ills That Never Happen--a Greater Part Of The Other Half.

Doubt Whom You Will, But Never Yourself.

The Highest Excellence Is Seldom Attained In More Than One Vocation. The Roads Leading To Distinction In Separate Pursuits Diverge, And The Nearer We Approach The One, The Farther We Recede From The Other.