I believe that economists put decimal points in their forecasts to show they have a sense of humor.

There is a native baseness in the ambition which seeks beyond its desert, that never shows more conspicuously than when, no matter how, it temporarily gains its object.

The birth of a child is the imprisonment of a soul.

I believe that economists put decimal points in their forecasts to show they have a sense of humor.

The amiable is a duty most certainly, but must not be exercised at the expense of any of the virtues. He who seeks to do the amiable always, can only be successful at the frequent expense of his manhood.

The effect of character is always to command consideration. We sport and toy and laugh with men or women who have none, but we never confide in them.

Our cares are the mothers, not only of our charities And virtues, but of our best joys and most cheering and enduring pleasures.