understanding Quotes

If we only wanted to be happy, it would be easy; but we want to be happier than other people, and that is almost always difficult, since we think them happier than they are.

Man, as a physical being, is like other bodies governed by invariable laws.

The reason the Romans built their great paved highways was because they had such inconvenient footwear.

The success of most things depends upon knowing how long it will take to succeed.

What orators lack in depth they make up for in length.

If triangles had a god, they would give him three sides.

A prudent question is one half of wisdom.

They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea.

A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.

The quarrels and divisions about religion were evils unknown to the heathen. The reason was because the religion of the heathen consisted rather in rites and ceremonies than in any constant belief.