- Men fail much oftener from want of perseverance than from want of talent... William Cobbett {view}
- To suppose such a thing possible as a society, in which men, who are able and willing to work, cannot support their families, and ought, with a great part of the women, to be compelled to lead a life of celibacy, for fear of having children to be starved; to suppose such a thing possible is monstrous.... William Cobbett {view}