“Necessity may well be called the mother of invention but calamity is t...” — Samuel Richardson Quote

“Necessity may well be called the mother of invention but calamity is the test of integrity.”

“For the human mind is seldom at stay: If you do not grow better, you will most undoubtedly grow worse.”

“Marry first, and love will come after is a shocking assertion; since a thousand things may happen to make the state but barely tolerable, when it is entered into with mutual affection.”

“For nearly a century and a half, this country deluded itself into thinking that its greatest calamity, the Civil War, had nothing to do with one of its greatest sins, enslavement. It deluded itself in this manner despite available evidence to the contrary.”

“I think the only thing that really can be done - it would be painful, but less painful than the calamity we're heading toward - is to demand that people be responsible for their private obligations. No more bailouts, no more stimulus, no cash for clunkers.”