It is the worst evil of too yielding and indecisive a character, that no influence over it can be depended on.

You are never sure of a good impression being durable; everybody may sway it.

Let those who would be happy be firm.

Here is a nut," said he, catching one down from an upper bough, "to exemplify: a beautiful glossy nut, which, blessed with original strength, has outlived all the storms of autumn.

Not a puncture, not a weak spot anywhere.