The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments.

Instead of comparing our lot with that of those who are more fortunate than we are, we should compare it with the lot of the great majority of our fellow men. It then appears that we are among the privileged.

It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good.

Men are so willing to respect anything that bores them.

Fishes live in the sea, as men do a-land the great ones eat up the little ones.