The only training for the heroic is the mundane.
A very great part of the mischiefs that vex the world arises from words.
To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.
You can never plan the future by the past.
The superfluities of a rich nation furnish a better object of trade than the necessities of a poor one. It is the interest of the commercial world that wealth should be found everywhere.
England and Ireland may flourish together. The world is large enough for both of us. Let it be our care not to make ourselves too little for it.