It is a low benefit to give me something; it is a high benefit to enable me to do somewhat of myself. Emerson.
It is a lucky eel that escapes skinning. George Eliot.
It is a main lesson of wisdom to know your own from another's. Emerson.
It is a man's sincerity and depth of vision that makes him a poet. Carlyle.
It is a mathematical fact that the casting of a pebble from my hand alters the centre of gravity of the universe. Carlyle.
It is a maxim of those who are esteemed perfect, that abundance is the perverter of reason. Hitopadesa.
It is a mere and miserable solitude to want true friends, without which the world is but a wilderness. Bacon.
It is a moral impossibility that any son or daughter of Adam can stand on any ground that mortal treads, and gainsay the healthy tenure on which we hold our existence. Dickens.
It is a poor art that the artisan can't live by. 5 It. Pr.
It is a poor heart that never rejoices. Pr.