We only know that us it follows not; And what a trifle is a moment's breath, Laid in the scale with everlasting death!

After his marriage everythingpolitics, literature, societydid not seem to him as interesting as they had before; but now every trifle concerning his wife and child became a most important matter.

The least important trifles, by giving a new direction to popular sympathies, frequently become the parents of grave events.

Trifling as was the occasion of the present skirmish, he had taken his stand on the lower ground.

Perhaps it is only that we are not clever enough to read the riddle; perhaps these trifles that we have remembered unconsciously year after year are in truth the tremendous forces that have made our lives what they are.

Trifles light as air are proofs to him that his suspicions are realities, and life is no longer worth living.

I would not have you silent; nay, when trifles are the subject, talk as much as any of them; but distinguish when the discourse turns upon things of importance.

Such odd trifles as mathematicians' experiments be artificial flies to hang in the air by themselves, dancing balls, an egg-shell that shall climb up to the top of a spear, fiery-breathing gores, poeta noster professeth not to make.