Wisdom consisteth not in knowing many things, nor even in knowing them thoroughly; but in choosing and in following what conduces the most certainly to our lasting happiness and true glory.
Walter Savage LandorMen, like nails, lose their usefulness when they lose their direction and begin to bend.
Walter Savage LandorA mercantile democracy may govern long and widely; a mercantile aristocracy cannot stand.
Walter Savage Landor