Self-laudation abounds among the unpolished, but nothing can stamp a man
more sharply as ill-bred.--_Charles Buxton._
~Boldness.~--Who bravely dares must sometimes risk a fall.--_Smollett._
Women like brave men exceedingly, but audacious men still
more.--_Lemesles._
~Bondage.~--The iron chain and the silken cord, both equally are
bonds.--_Schiller._
~Books.~--If a secret history of books could be written, and the author's
private thoughts and meanings noted down alongside of his story, how
many insipid volumes would become interesting, and dull tales excite the
reader!--_Thackeray._