The most melancholy of human reflections, perhaps, is that, on the whole, it is a question whether the benevolence of mankind does most good or harm.
Walter BagehotThe whole history of civilization is strewn with creeds and institutions which were invaluable at first, and deadly afterwards
Walter BagehotLife is a compromise of what your ego wants to do, what experience tells you to do, and what your nerves let you do.
Walter Bagehot