"It is the little bits of things that fret and worry us; we can dodge an elephant, but we can't dodge a fly." —Josh Billings on Trifles
"Small ills are the fountains of most of our groans.
Men trip not on mountains, they stumble on stones." —Chinese Proverb on Trifles
"A small leak will sink a great ship." —Benjamin Franklin on Trifles
"There is nothing too little for so little a creature as man. It is by studying little things that we attain the great art of having as little misery and as much happiness as possible." —Samuel Johnson on Trifles
"Trifles make perfection--and perfection is no trifle." —Michelangelo on Trifles
"For the want of a nail the shoe was lost, For the want of a shoe the horse was lost, For the want of a horse the rider was lost, For the want of a rider the battle was lost, For the want of a battle the kingdom was lost, And all for the want of a horse-shoe nail." —Benjamin Franklin on Trifles
"Little things affect little minds." —Benjamin Disraeli on Trifles
"The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn." —Ralph Waldo Emerson on Trifles
"Little strokes fell great oaks." —Benjamin Franklin on Trifles
