Great Throughts Treasury

"The superstition in which we were brought up never loses its power over us, even after we understand it."

"Think wrongly, if you please, but in all cases think for yourself."

"The most agreeable of all companions is a simple, frank man, without any high pretensions to an oppressive greatness - one who loves life, and understands the use of it; obliging alike at all hours; above all, of a golden temper, and steadfast as an anchor."

"We seldom speak of the virtue which we have, but much oftener of that which we lack."