Francis Jeffrey
Francis Jeffrey
Francis Jeffrey, Lord Jeffreywas a Scottish judge and literary critic...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionJudge
Date of Birth23 October 1773
complaints-and-complaining inferior sign souls surest symptom taken tendency whining
The tendency to whining and complaining may be taken as the surest sign symptom of little souls and inferior intellects.
good
Good will, like a good name, is got by many actions, and lost by one.
man respecting strength
There is nothing respecting which a man may be so long unconscious as of the extent and strength of his prejudices.
beware doubtful minds prejudices
Beware prejudices. They are like rats, and men's minds are like traps; prejudices get in easily, but it is doubtful if they ever get out.