If men had wings and bore black feathers, Few of them would be clever enough to be crows.
I think half the troubles for which men go slouching in prayer to God are caused by their intolerable pride. Many of our cares are but a morbid way of looking at our privileges. We let our blessings get mouldy, and then call them curses.
A traitor is good fruit to hang from the boughs of the tree of liberty.
What I spent, I had; What I kept, I lost; What I gave, I have.
The mystery of history is an insoluble problem.
The commerce of the world is conducted by the strong, and usually it operates against the weak.