A cockle-fish may as soon crowd the ocean into its narrow shell, as vain man ever comprehend the decrees of God!

A cockle-fish may as soon crowd the ocean into its narrow shell, as vain man ever comprehend the decrees of God!

Scratch a pessimist and you will often find a defender of privilege.

I have spent most of my life most happily making plans for others to carry out.

The object of government in peace and in war is not the glory of rulers or of races, but the happiness of the common man.

Let us proportion our alms to our ability, lest we provoke God to proportion His blessings to our alms.

The trouble in modern democracy is that men do not approach to leadership until they have lost the desire to lead anyone.