A mercantile democracy may govern long and widely; a mercantile aristocracy cannot stand. — Walter Savage Landor
Justice is often pale and melancholy; but Gratitude, her daughter, is constantly — Walter Savage Landor
Circumstances form the character; but, like petrifying matters, they harden while they — Walter Savage Landor
Old trees in their living state are the only things that money cannot command. — Walter Savage Landor
When a cat flatters … he is not insincere: you may safely take it for real kindness. — Walter Savage Landor
Truth sometimes corner unawares upon Caution, and sometimes speaks in public as — Walter Savage Landor
We cannot be contented because we are happy, and we cannot be happy because we are contented. — Walter Savage Landor
Truth, like the juice of the poppy, in small quantities, calms men; in larger, heats and — Walter Savage Landor