In my youth I stressed freedom, and in my old age I stress order. I have made the great discovery read more

In my youth I stressed freedom, and in my old age I stress order. I have made the great discovery that liberty is a product of order.

To make the plough go before the horse.

To make the plough go before the horse.

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit

To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order;
to put the nation in read more

To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order;
to put the nation in order, we must put the family in order; to
put the family in order, we must cultivate our personal life; and
to cultivate our personal life, we must first set our hearts
right.

For the world was built in order
Around the atoms march in tune;
Rhyme the pipe, and read more

For the world was built in order
Around the atoms march in tune;
Rhyme the pipe, and Time the warder,
The sun obeys them, and the moon.

He who has no taste for order, will be often wrong in his judgment, and seldom considerate or conscientious in read more

He who has no taste for order, will be often wrong in his judgment, and seldom considerate or conscientious in his actions.

Order is Heaven's first law; and this confess,
Some are and must be greater than the rest.

Order is Heaven's first law; and this confess,
Some are and must be greater than the rest.

It is folly to put the plough in front of the oxen.
[Fr., Folie est mettre la charrue devant read more

It is folly to put the plough in front of the oxen.
[Fr., Folie est mettre la charrue devant les boeufs.]

Chaos in the midst of chaos isn't funny, but chaos in the midst of order is.

Chaos in the midst of chaos isn't funny, but chaos in the midst of order is.