“Tradition is an important help to history, but its statements should be carefully scrutinized before we rely on them
“The power of doing anything with quickness is always prized much by the possessor, and often without any attention to the imperfection of the performance.
“I would think the extra pair of eyes, extra pair of ears would maybe deter someone who may have decided to try something
“Our misery is that we thirst so little for these sublime things, and so much for the mocking trifles of time and space