We succeed in enterprises which demand the positive qualities we possess, but we excel in those which can also make use of our defects.
Alexis de TocquevilleBy obliging men to turn their attention to other affairs than their own, it rubs off that private selfishness which is the rust of society.
Alexis de TocquevilleThe taste for well-being is the prominent and indelible feature of democratic times.
Alexis de Tocqueville