Action is generally defective, and proves an abortion without previous
contemplation. Contemplation generates, action propagates.--_Feltham._
~Crime.~--If poverty is the mother of crimes, want of sense is the father
of them.--_Bruyere._
Crimes lead into one another. They who are capable of being forgers are
capable of being incendiaries.--_Burke._
~Criticism.~--Solomon says rightly: "The wounds made by a friend are worth
more than the caresses of a flatterer." Nevertheless, it is better that
the friend wound not at all.--_Joseph de Maistre._
The rule in carving holds good as to criticism,--never cut with a knife
what you can cut with a spoon.--_Charles Buxton._