When people will not weed their own minds, they are apt to be overrun with nettles. – Horace Walpole, letter to the Countess of Ailesbury, 1779 July 10th
It’s no good trying to keep up old friendships. It’s painful for both sides. The fact is, one grows out of people, and the only thing is to face it. – Somerset Maugham
The attention of a traveller, should be particularly turned, in the first place, to the various works of Nature, to mark the distinctions of the climates he may explore, and to offer such useful observations on the different productions as may occur. – William Bartram
A free economy is as essential to society as democratic political institutions. A strong market-based economy is the fertile ground for democratic freedoms that we think are important. – Lee R. Raymond
