A mere trifle consoles us, for a mere trifle distresses us..

Man shows his character best in trifles..

Affection, like melancholy, magnifies trifles..

We all go through the same things - it's all just a different kind of the same thing..

Small minds are captivated by trifles..

nothing is so pleasant ... as to display your worldly wisdom in epigram and dissertation, but it is a trifle tedious to hear another person display t….

Cities degrade us by magnifying trifles..

Of all trifles, titles are the lightest..

These trifles will lead to serious mischief. [Lat., Hae nugae seria ducent In mala.].

There is a kind of latent omniscience, not only in every man, but in every particle..