“Lawyers are like priests; people come to them and disburden themselves of their troubles, and get consolation, if they pay well for it; but there is one point in which they don't treat them like priests; they don't confess all their sins; they suppress them, and often get themselves and their counsel into a scrape by it, that's a fact.” PeopleIfsWellsFactsSinPayTroubleTreatsLawyerPriestsConsolation Author:Thomas Chandler Haliburton
“When great evils happen, I am in the habit of looking out for what good may arise from them as consolations to us, and Providence has in fact so established the order of things, as that most evils are the means of producing some good.” MayMeanFactsHappensOrderEvilHabitAriseProvidenceConsolation Book:Thomas Jefferson: A Chronology of His Thoughts Source: Thomas Jefferson: A Chronology of His Thoughts
“To call out for the hand of the enemy is a rather extreme measure, yet a better one, I think, than to remain in continual fever over an accident that has no remedy. But since all the precautions that a man can take are full of uneasiness and uncertainty, it is better to prepare with fine assurance for the worst that can happen, and derive some consolation from the fact that we are not sure that it will happen.” ThinkingMenFactsHandsHappensEnemyWorstFineExtremesAccidentsUncertaintyNot SureRemedyConsolationAssuranceFeverPrecautionUneasiness Book:Complete Essays Source: Complete Essays