When a man mistakes his thoughts for persons 15 and things, this is madness. Coleridge.
When a man smiles, and much more when he laughs, it adds something to his fragment of life. Sterne.
When a man versed in his subject treats any topic lovingly and thoroughly, he gives us a share in his interest, and forces us to enter into the topic. Goethe.
When a man's dog deserts him on account of his poverty, he can't get any lower down in this world. Amer. Pr.
When a man's pride is subdued, it is like the sides of Mount Ætna. It was terrible during the eruption, but when that is over and the lava is turned into soil, there are vineyards and olive-trees which grow up to the top. Beecher.
When a man's ways please the Lord, he 20 maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him. Bible.
When a mean wretch cannot vie with another in virtue, out of his wretchedness he begins to slander. Saadi.
When a misfortune is impending, I cry, "God forbid!" but when it falls upon me, I say, "God be praised!" Sterne.
When a noble life has prepared old age, it is not the decline that it recalls, but the first days of immortality. Mme. de Staël.
When a nobleman writes a book he ought to be encouraged. Johnson.