A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.

A gentleman who had been very unhappy in marriage, married immediately after his wife died: Johnson said, it was the triumph of hope over experience.

A cow is a very good animal in the field; but we turn her out of a garden.

Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney.'

Since the state must necessarily provide subsistence for the criminal poor while undergoing punishment, not to do the same for the poor who have not offended i…

'Some of them pretend to be disabled or lie that they are orphans just to be able to get sympathy and money. So for the beggars it should not be an issue any m…

I believe that, as long as there is plenty, poverty is evil.