If we can but prevent the government from wasting the labours of the people, under the pretence of taking care of them, they must become happy.
There is no scorn more profound, or on the whole more justifiable, than that of the men who make for the men who explain. Exposition, criticism, appreciation, is work for second-rate minds.
The effect of sailing is produced by a judicious arrangement of the sails to the direction of the wind.