Fishes live in the sea, as men do a-land; the great ones eat up the little ones.

Fishes live in the sea, as men do a-land; the great ones eat up the little ones.

It is folly to put the plough in front of the oxen.
[Fr., Folie est mettre la charrue devant read more

It is folly to put the plough in front of the oxen.
[Fr., Folie est mettre la charrue devant les boeufs.]

Crude classifications and false generalizations are the curse of the organized life.

Crude classifications and false generalizations are the curse of the organized life.

All causes are essentially mental, and whosoever comes into daily contact with a high order of thinking must take on read more

All causes are essentially mental, and whosoever comes into daily contact with a high order of thinking must take on some of it.

Can any man have a higher notion of the rule of right and the
eternal fitness of things?

Can any man have a higher notion of the rule of right and the
eternal fitness of things?

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit

The art of giving orders is not to try to rectify the minor blunders and not to be swayed by read more

The art of giving orders is not to try to rectify the minor blunders and not to be swayed by petty doubts.

The heavens themselves, the planets, and this centre
Observe degree, priority, and place,
Insisture, course, proportion, season, read more

The heavens themselves, the planets, and this centre
Observe degree, priority, and place,
Insisture, course, proportion, season, form,
Office, and custom, in all line of order.

No one ever died from sleeping in an unmade bed. I have known mothers who remake the bed after their read more

No one ever died from sleeping in an unmade bed. I have known mothers who remake the bed after their children do it because there is wrinkle in the spread or the blanket is on crooked. This is sick.