Edmund Burke

Circumspection and caution are part of wisdom.

Edmund Burke

Contempt is not a thing to be despised. It may be borne with a calm and equal mind, but no man, by lifting his head high, can pretend that he does not perceive the scorns that are poured down on him from above.

Edmund Burke

Curiosity is the most superficial of all the affections; it changes its object perpetually; it has an appetite which is very sharp, but very easily satisfied, and it has always an appearance of giddiness, restlessness and anxiety.

Edmund Burke

Custom reconciles us to everything.

Edmund Burke

Delusion and weakness produce not one mischief the less, because they are universal.

Edmund Burke

Education is the cheap defense of nations.

Edmund Burke

Fellowship in treason is a bad ground of confidence.

Edmund Burke

Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver, and adulation is not of more service to the people than to kings.

Edmund Burke

Free trade is not based on utility but on justice.

Edmund Burke

Frugality is founded on the principal that all riches have limits.

Edmund Burke