"A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well."
"A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. "
"If a man will begin with certainties, he will end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he will end in certainties."
"Money is like manure, of very little use except it be spread."
"Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished."
"Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest, being the character of the Deity; and without it, man is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing."
"The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express."
"The genius, wit, and spirit of a nation are discovered by their proverbs."
"The greatest happiness is for a man's mind
to be raised above the confusion of things."
"There is a wisdom in this beyond the rules of physic: a man's own observation what he finds good of and what he finds hurt of is the best physic to preserve health."
"Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable."
"If a man be gracious to strangers, it shows that he is a citizen of the world, and his heart is no island, cut off from other islands, but a continent that joins them."
We cannot command Nature except by obeying her
He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator.
Chiefly the mold of a man's fortune is in his own hands.
Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.
For friends... do but look upon good Books: they are true friends, that will neither flatter nor dissemble.
Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.
Quotations will tell the full measure of meaning, if you have enough of them.
~James Murray
The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan, there was never a recorded Wendy before.
If at her birth, or within the first few days, the lower horn of the moon appear obscure, dark, or any way discoloured, there will be foul and stormy weather before the full. If she be discoloured in the middle, it will be stormy about the full; but if the upper horn is thus affected, about the wane.
Journeys at youth are part of the education; but at maturity, are part of the experience.
The weather is generally clearer at the full than at the other ages of the moon; but in winter the frost then is sometimes more intense.
The weather is generally clearer at the full than at the other ages of the moon; but in winter the frost then is sometimes more intense.
The moon appearing larger at sunset, and not dim but luminous, portends fair weather for several days.
