Difficulty of confession.

It is curious that men are not generally ashamed of any form of anger, wrath, or malice; but of the first step towards a nobler nature,—the confession of a wrong,—they are ashamed.

LITTLE PUSSY WILLOW.

Animal spirits.

When people work hard all day, and have a good digestion, it is not necessary that a thing should be very funny to make them laugh tremendously.


First false step.

Boys, and men too, sometimes, by a single step, and that step taken in a sudden hurry of inconsideration, get into a network of false positions, in which they are very uneasy and unhappy, but live along from day to day seeing no way out.

QUEER LITTLE PEOPLE.

Marks of genius.