Let me be thankful first, because I never was robbed before; second, because although they took my purse, they did not take my life; third, although they took my all, it was not much; and fourthly, because it was I who was robbed, and not I who robbed. – Matthew Henry (1662–1714)

Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live. – Oscar Wilde, The Soul of Man Under Socialism

I would rather be right than President. – Henry Clay, speech, 1850