If thousands are thrown out of employment, it suggests that they were not well employed. Why don't they take the hint? It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about?

The true finish is the work of time, and the use to which a thing is put. The elements are still polishing the pyramids.

One generation abandons the enterprises of another like stranded vessels.

The fruits eaten temperately need not make us ashamed of our appetites, nor interrupt the worthiest pursuits. But put an extra condiment into your dish, and it will poison you.

I knew that the wall was the main thing in Quebec, and had cost a great deal of money.... In fact, these are the only remarkable walls we have in North America, though we have a good deal of Virginia fence, it is true.

No people ever lived by cursing their fathers, however great a curse their fathers might have been to them.

Generally speaking, a howling wilderness does not howl: it is the imagination of the traveler that does the howling.