Trade increases the wealth and glory of a country; but its real strength and stamina are to be looked for among the cultivators of the land.

Trade increases the wealth and glory of a country; but its real strength and stamina are to be looked for among the cultivators of the land.

I think I could eat one of Bellamy's veal pies.

Confidence is a plant of slow growth in an aged bosom.

Don't talk to me about a man's being able to talk sense; everyone can talk sense. Can he talk nonsense?

Was not necessity the plea of every illegal exertion of power or exercise of oppression?...Necessity is the plea for very infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.

Unlimited power corrupts the possessor.