Every man has his peculiarities of manner and character, as he has peculiarities of form and feature; and we must have forbearance in dealing with them, as we expect them to have forbearance in dealing with us.

We may not be conscious of our own peculiarities, yet they exist nevertheless.

There is a village in South America where gotos or goitres are so common that to be without one is regarded as a deformity.

One day a party of Englishmen passed through the place, when quite a crowd collected to jeer them, shouting: "See, see these people--they have got NO GOTOS!" Many persons give themselves a great deal of fidget concerning what other people think of them and their peculiarities.

Some are too much disposed to take the illnatured side, and, judging by themselves, infer the worst.