He that is good, will infallibly become better, and he that is bad, will as certainly become worse; for vice, read more

He that is good, will infallibly become better, and he that is bad, will as certainly become worse; for vice, virtue and time are three things that never stand still.

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.

Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation

Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation

Westward the course of empire takes its way;
The four first Acts already past,
A fifth shall read more

Westward the course of empire takes its way;
The four first Acts already past,
A fifth shall close the Drama with the day;
Time's noblest offspring is the last.

Progress is
The law of life, man is not
Man as yet.

Progress is
The law of life, man is not
Man as yet.

It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.

It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.

I walk slowly, but I never walk backward.

I walk slowly, but I never walk backward.

Laws and institutions are constantly tending to gravitate. Like
clocks, they must be occasionally cleansed, and wound up, and read more

Laws and institutions are constantly tending to gravitate. Like
clocks, they must be occasionally cleansed, and wound up, and set
to true time.

What we call "progress " is the exchange of one nuisance for
another nuisance.

What we call "progress " is the exchange of one nuisance for
another nuisance.