There are circumstances in which despair does not imply inactivity.
Man is an animal that cooks his victuals.
Dogs are indeed the most social, affectionate, and amiable animals of the whole brute creation.
A disposition to preserve, and an ability to improve, taken together, would be my standard of a statesman.
To innovate is not to reform.
I am convinced that we have a degree of delight, and that no small one, in the real misfortunes and pain of others