A single breaker may recede; but the tide is coming in

A single breaker may recede; but the tide is evidently coming in.

Few of the many wise apothegms which have been uttered have prevented a single foolish action.

The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.

We must judge of a form of government by its general tendency, not by happy accidents.

It is possible to be below flattery as well as above it.