"...the misfortunes of by far the greater part of them have arisen from their not knowing when they were well, when it was proper for them to set still and to be contented."  —Adam Smith

"And although it be not always so plentiful, as it was at this time with us, yet by the goodness of God, we are so far from want."  -Edward Winslow, 11 December 1621

"If I could think that I had sent a spark to those who come after I should be ready to say Goodbye."  —Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes