The corruption of the best things gives rise to the worst. – David Hume
Nothing endears so much a friend as sorrow for his death. The pleasure of his company has not so powerful an influence. – David Hume

The corruption of the best things gives rise to the worst. – David Hume
Nothing endears so much a friend as sorrow for his death. The pleasure of his company has not so powerful an influence. – David Hume
Every wise, just, and mild government, by rendering the condition of its subjects easy and secure, will always abound most in people, as well as in commodities and riches. – David Hume
The search for conspiracy only increases the elements of morbidity and paranoia and fantasy in this country. It romanticizes crimes that are terrible because of their lack of purpose. It obscures our necessary understanding, all of us, that in this life there is often tragedy without reason. – Anthony Lewis