Will Thomas
Will Thomas
Will Thomas may refer to:...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
CountryUnited States of America
happiness influence silent
Of all the cankers of human happiness none corrodes with so silent, yet so baneful an influence, as indolence.
religious men thinking
If thinking men would have the courage to think for themselves, and to speak what they think, it would be found they do not differ in religious opinions as much as is supposed.
pain age moments
I do not agree that an age of pleasure is no compensation for a moment of pain.
names wish goes-on
My great wish is to go on in a strict but silent performance of my duty; to avoid attracting notice, and to keep my name out of the newspapers.
humor practice all-time
Above all things, and at all times, practice yourself in good humor.
men history body
History has informed us that bodies of men as well as individuals are susceptible of the spirit of tyranny.
giving force
Force cannot give right.
law important execution
The execution of the laws is more important than the making of them.
men body action
No knowledge can be more satisfactory to a man than that of his own frame, its parts, their functions and actions.
government
That government that governs least governs best.
simple government branches
[States and the Federal government are] coordinate departments of one simple and integral whole... The one is the domestic, the other the foreign branch of the same government.
oratory vices amplification
Amplification is the vice of modern oratory.
independence taught comfort
Experience has taught me that manufacturers are now as necessary to our independence as to our comfort.
differences inquiry opinion
Difference of opinion leads to inquiry, and inquiry to the truth.