To tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not given to men. – Edmund Burke
It is, generally, in the season of prosperity that men discover their real temper, principles, and designs. – Edmund Burke

To tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not given to men. – Edmund Burke
It is, generally, in the season of prosperity that men discover their real temper, principles, and designs. – Edmund Burke
Under the pressure of the cares and sorrows of our mortal condition, men have at all times, and in all countries, called in some physical aid to their moral consolations – wine, beer, opium, brandy, or tobacco. – Edmund Burke
An event has happened, upon which it is difficult to speak, and impossible to be silent. – Edmund Burke