To make the plough go before the horse.

To make the plough go before the horse.

It is folly to put the plough in front of the oxen.
[Fr., Folie est mettre la charrue devant read more

It is folly to put the plough in front of the oxen.
[Fr., Folie est mettre la charrue devant les boeufs.]

Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty and dies with chaos

Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty and dies with chaos

A well-ordered life is like climbing a tower; the view halfway up is better than the view from the base, read more

A well-ordered life is like climbing a tower; the view halfway up is better than the view from the base, and it steadily becomes finer as the horizon expands.

Fishes live in the sea, as men do a-land; the great ones eat up the little ones.

Fishes live in the sea, as men do a-land; the great ones eat up the little ones.

Chaos in the midst of chaos isn't funny, but chaos in the midst of order is.

Chaos in the midst of chaos isn't funny, but chaos in the midst of order is.

No one ever died from sleeping in an unmade bed. I have known mothers who remake the bed after their read more

No one ever died from sleeping in an unmade bed. I have known mothers who remake the bed after their children do it because there is wrinkle in the spread or the blanket is on crooked. This is sick.

Can any man have a higher notion of the rule of right and the
eternal fitness of things?

Can any man have a higher notion of the rule of right and the
eternal fitness of things?

Order is Heaven's first law; and this confess,
Some are and must be greater than the rest.

Order is Heaven's first law; and this confess,
Some are and must be greater than the rest.