That Business Does Not Prosper Which You

That Business Does Not Prosper Which You Transact With The Eyes Of Others.

Present Sufferings Seem Far Greater To Men Than Those They Merely Dread.

That Sense – The Only True Patriotism – Comes Slowly And Springs From The Heart: It Is Founded Upon Respect For The Family And Love For The Soil. Premature ‘liberty’ Of This Kind Would Have Been A Disaster: We Should Have Been Torn To Pieces By Petty Squabbles Before We Had Ever Reached Political Maturity, Which, As Things Were, As Made Possible By The Long Quiet Years Under Monarchical Government; For It Was That Government Which, As It Were, Nursed Our Strength And Enabled Us Ultimately To Produce Sound Fruit From Liberty, As Only A Politically Adult Nation Can.

Better And Safer Is An Assured Peace Than A Victory Hoped For. The One Is In Your Own Power, The Other Is In The Hands Of The Gods.

There Is Nothing That Is More Often Clothed In An Attractive Garb Than A False Creed.