2. To weigh carefully in the mind; to consider thoughtfully: Paula thoroughly pondered her next undertaking about changing her vocation as a teacher to a politician.
Tom ponders everyday about what he can do to improve his physical condition.
To ponder something is to consider it carefully and seriously, to weigh it thoughtfully, and to think long and hard about it.
Marge left her son, Jimmy, alone so he could ponder about his misbehavior.
3. Etymology: from Middle English in the sense of "to appraise, to judge the worth of"; then from French ponderer, "to consider"; from Latin ponderare, "to weigh, to reflect on" which came from pondus, ponder, "weight".Ponder or think about the following over a period of time.
The next best thing to being witty one's self, is to be able to quote another wit.
The Magna Carta: England’s first reign check.
The easy way to teach children the value of money is to borrow it from them.
The Five Animal Stages of the Life of a Man are
- spring chicken
- little lamb
- young lion
- fat cat
- old goat
To come at four for tea."
Whatever happened to that word
That once was known as "me"?
Egotists are always me-deep in conversation.
Don't be jumping to confusions.
The mind—better read than dead!
The surprising thing about young fools is how many survive to become old fools.
The greatest mental risks we face today are becoming disabled, dying too soon, living too long.
There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is in having lots to do and not doing them.
Words—so innocent and powerless as they are when standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of the one who knows how to combine them.