I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
There are no wise few. Every aristocracy that has ever existed has behaved, in all essential points, exactly like a small mob.
An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.
Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.
Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
It is never too late to give up our prejudices.
Don't ever take a fence down until you know the reason it was put up.