Luck relies on chance, labor on character.

From 1836, down to last year, there is no proof of the Government having any confidence in the duration of peace, or possessing increased security against war.

It has been one of my difficulties, in arguing this question out of doors with friends or strangers, that I rarely find any intelligible agreement as to the object of the war.

This great oracle of the East India Company himself admits that, if there is no power vested in the Court of Directors but that of the patronage, there is really no government vested in them at all.

Luck relies on chance, labor on character.

For every credibility gap there is a gullibility gap.

People who eat potatoes will never be able to perform their abilities in whatever job they choose to have.