. . . commerce dies the moment, and is sick in the degree in which men cannot trust each other.

Sharp men, like sharp needles, break easy, though they pierce quick.

When a nation's young men are conservative, its funeral bell is already rung

There is nothing that makes more cowards and feeble men than public opinion

When a nation's young men are conservative, its funeral bell is already rung.

Flowers have an expression of countenance as much as men and animals. Some seem to smile; some have a sad expression; some are pensive and diffident; others again are plain, honest and upright, like the broad-faced sunflower and the hollyhock.