Pride Is Founded Not On The Sense

By Despising All That Has Preceded Us, We Teach Others To Despise Ourselves.

Walk Groundly, Talk Profoundly, Drink Roundly, Sleep Soundly.

We Are All Of Us, More Or Less, The Slaves Of Opinion.

Learning Is, In Too Many Cases, But A Foil To Common Sense; A Substitute For True Knowledge. Books Are Less Often Made Use Of As Spectacles To Look At Nature With, Than As Blinds To Keep Out Its Strong Light And Shifting Scenery From Weak Eyes And Indolent Dispositions. The Learned Are Mere Literary Drudges.

There Is Nothing More To Be Esteemed Than A Manly Firmness And Decision Of Character.