Our incomes are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but if too large, they cause us to stumble and to trip.

Quote by John Locke

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All men are liable to error; and most men are, in many points, by passion...

All men are liable to error; and most men are, in many points, by passion...

The Bible is one of the greatest blessings bestowed by God on the children of...

The Bible is one of the greatest blessings bestowed by God on the children of...

Reverie is when ideas float in our mind without reflection or regard of the understanding.

Reverie is when ideas float in our mind without reflection or regard of the understanding.

The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it.

The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it.

I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.

I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.

New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they...

New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they...

Habits wear more constantly and with greatest force than reason, which, when we have most...

Habits wear more constantly and with greatest force than reason, which, when we have most...

To prejudge other men's notions before we have looked into them is not to show...

To prejudge other men's notions before we have looked into them is not to show...

There is frequently more to be learned from the unexpected questions of a child than...

There is frequently more to be learned from the unexpected questions of a child than...

As people are walking all the time, in the same spot, a path appears.

As people are walking all the time, in the same spot, a path appears.

Liberty is to be free from restraint and violence from others

Liberty is to be free from restraint and violence from others

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for...

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for...

Fashion for the most part is nothing but the ostentation of riches.

Fashion for the most part is nothing but the ostentation of riches.

The discipline of desire is the background of character.

The discipline of desire is the background of character.

I have spent more than half a lifetime trying to express the tragic moment.

I have spent more than half a lifetime trying to express the tragic moment.

It is one thing to show a man that he is in an error, and...

It is one thing to show a man that he is in an error, and...

Every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has a right to,...

Every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has a right to,...

There cannot be greater rudeness than to interrupt another in the current of his discourse.

There cannot be greater rudeness than to interrupt another in the current of his discourse.

Fortitude is the guard and support of the other virtues.

Fortitude is the guard and support of the other virtues.

Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what...

Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what...