If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free; if our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.
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If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free; if our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.
Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference, which is, at least, half infidelity.
The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny.
The individual is foolish; the multitude, for the moment is foolish, when they act without deliberation; but the species is wise, and, when time is given to it, as a species it always acts right.
Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.
I know nothing sublime which is a variation of power.
A state without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.
Difficulty is a severe instructor, set over us by the supreme ordinance of a parental Guardian and Legislator, who knows us better than we know ourselves, as he loves us better too. Pater ipse colendi haud facilem esse viam voluit. He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting.
Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference, which is, at least, half infidelity.