Of all the inventions of man I doubt whether any was more easily accomplished than that of a Heaven.
One of our forefathers must have read a forbidden book.
How did mankind ever come by the idea of liberty? What a grand thought it was!
Food probably has a very great influence on the condition of men. Wine exercises a more visible influence, food does it more slowly but perhaps just as surely. Who knows if a well-prepared soup was not responsible for the pneumatic pump or a poor one for a war?
Love is blind, but marriage restores its sight.
The human tendency to regard little things as important has produced very many great things.