Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.

It doesn't matter what we say , so long as we all say the same thing.

Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.

That is no use at all. What I want is men who will support me when I am in the wrong.

The whole duty of government is to prevent crime and to preserve contracts.

What all the wise men promised has not happened and what all the dammed fools said would happen has come to pass.

Neither man nor woman can be worth anything until they have discovered that they are fools. wThis is the first step towards becoming either estimable or agreeable; and until it be taken there is no hope. wThe sooner the discovery is made the better, as there is more time and power for taking advantage of it. Sometimes the great truth is found out too late to apply to it any effectual remedy.w Sometimes it is never found at all; and these form the desperate and inveterate causes of folly, self-conceit, and impertinence.