“No one is without their difficulties, whether in High, or low Life, & every person knows best where their own shoe pinches.”

The great fish swallow up the small; and he who is most strenuous for the rights of the people, when vested with power, is as eager after the prerogatives of government.

A patriot without religion in my estimation is as great a paradox as an honest Man without the fear of God.

Every object is beautiful in motion; a ship under sail, trees gently agitated with the wind, and a fine woman dancing, are three instances in point

If much depends as is allowed upon the early Education of youth and the first principals which are instill’d take the deepest root

And bless the tranquil inhabitants, equally guarded and protected, in person and property, in this happy Country, as those who reside in the most elegant and costly dwellings.

To be good, and do good, is the whole duty of man comprised in a few words.

When a mind is raised, and animated by scenes that engage the heart, then those qualities which would otherwise lay dormant

If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.

These are the times when a genius wants to live.

Many of our disappointments and much of our unhappiness arise from our forming false notions of things and persons.

Let your observations and comparisons produce in your mind an abhorrence of domination and power

But let no person say what they would or would not do, since we are not judges for ourselves until circumstances call us to act.

I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature and that power, whether vested in many or a few, is ever grasping, and like the grave, cries, ‘Give, give.’

What is the history of mighty kingdoms and nations, but a detail of the ravages and cruelties of the powerful over the weak?

May justice and righteousness be the stability of our times, and order arise out of confusion. Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.

I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature.

Unfortunately complaining is one thing Eeyores are not afraid to do. They grudgingly carry their thimbles to the Fountain of Life, then mumble and grumble that they weren’t given enough.

In school, I guess I was a difficult, know-it-all type of student… I was always complaining that music education was too academic.

However bad we can make them, I make them. Any time that players complain about the quality of the footballs, I make them worse and that stops the complaining.

Complaining proves nothing but that you can hear the voice of the Devil

I was a feature one time and they gave me host money. When I called to complain the guy goes “no you didn’t feature, you co-hosted”. He literally invented a term so he didn’t have to pay me. And obviously that check bounced!

People who do not speak our language very well do complain of feeling rebuffed by French people, who can sometimes be impatient, or even intolerant.

You can overcome anything if you don’t bellyache.

If you’re aware of injustice, you can either ignore it, say there is nothing you can do about it, complain about it and not do anything, or put your energies into doing something about it.