Edwin Paxton Hood (1820–1885) was an English nonconformist and author.
There are few positions in life in which difficulties have not to be encountered. These difficulties are, however, our best instructors, as our mistakes often form our best experience.
Be as careful of the books you read, as of the company you keep, for your habits and character will be as much influenced by the former as the latter.
Weeds grow sometimes very much like flowers, and you can't tell the difference between true and false merely by the shape.
Be as careful of the books you read as the company you keep.
The eyes of a man are of no use without the observing power. Telescopes and microscopes are cunning contrivances, but they cannot see of themselves.
When we advance a little into life, we find that the tongue of man creates nearly all the mischief of the world.
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