Happiness, or misery, is in the mind. It is the mind that lives. – William Cobbett
Nothing is so well calculated to produce a death-like torpor in the country as an extended system of taxation and a great national debt. – William Cobbett
Never esteem men on account of their riches or their station. Respect goodness, find it where you may. – William Cobbett
Women are a sisterhood. They make common cause in behalf of the sex and, indeed, this is natural enough, when we consider the vast power that the law gives us over them. – William Cobbett