Water is the mother of the vine, the nurse and fountain of fecundity, the adorner and refresher of the world.

Three causes especially have excited the discontent of mankind; and, by impelling us to seek remedies for the irremediable, have bewildered us in a maze of madness and error. These are death, toil, and the ignorance of the future.

If happy I and wretched he, Perhaps the king would change with me.

Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds

An arrow may fly through the air and leave no trace; but an ill thought leaves a trail like a serpent.

Nations, like individuals, cannot become desperate gamblers with impunity. Punishment is sure to overtake them sooner or later.

Every age has its peculiar folly: Some scheme, project, or fantasy into which it plunges, spurred on by the love of gain, the necessity of excitement, or the force of imitation.