As a man of civil profession seems awkward in a camp or a garrison, and is even in danger of being despised there, so does an idle man among men of business,

Such is the delicacy of man alone, that no object is produced to his liking. He finds that in everything there is need for improvement.... The whole industry of human life is employed not in procuring the supply of our three humble necessities, food, clothes and lodging, but in procuring the conveniences of it according to the nicety and delicacy of our tastes.

Koizumi is viewed as a reformer. If he had lost the election, the danger would be that we could have seen Japan slip back into its old ways.

Humanity is the virtue of a woman, generosity that of a man.

We don't feel we are putting that roadway in any significant danger at all and don't feel that this has any significant impact on the city of Eastport in any way other than the visual impact of seeing the ships go by.

I hold every man a debtor to his profession; from the which as men of course do seek to receive countenance and profit, so ought they of duty to endeavour themselves by way of amends to be a help and ornament thereunto.