APHORISMS.
I think so much of Heine that I am glad I never met him.
Two people are never at the same moment equally angry with one another.
The assertion that we prefer other work than that given us to do, frequently implies a dislike to any work whatever.
Two left-hand gloves do not make a pair. Two half truths do not necessarily constitute a truth.
A horseman once fell from his horse, and since then every one who is thrown calls himself a good rider.
Every one has thoughts. Only with a few persons does the thought become an idea. Still fewer are those who know how to reproduce the form and colour of their ideas. And to those who do, people continually say, “Just what I was thinking!” Just so—except for the outline—except for the colour—except for the light and shade. That is—except for a great deal.