—Jean Ingelow.
1459
Obstinacy is will asserting itself without being able to justify itself. It is persistence without a plausible motive. It is the tenacity of self-love substituted for the tenacity of reason or conscience.
—Amiel.
1460
Thrice happy they who have an occupation.
—Byron.
1461
An oil-jar can be used again for nothing but oil.
(A man should follow what he was bred to.)