Idleness is a constant sin, and labor is a duty. Idleness is the devils home for temptation and for unprofitable, distracting musings; while labor profit others and ourselves. – Anne Baxter
Pessimists—Moral squinters, who, being incapable of a straightforward view, imagine that penetration is evinced by universal suspicion and mistrust. – Paul Chatfield
In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot. – Mark Twain, Notebook, 1935
