“To tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not given to men.”– Edmund Burke Related Quotes “A silent man is easily reputed wise. A man who suffers none to see him in the common jostle and undress of life, easily gathers round him a mysterious veil of unknown sanctity, and men honor him for a saint. The unknown is always wonderful.”– Frederick William Robertson “Research shows that sincere positive feelings–like love, care, gratitude, appreciation, compassion, or joy–smooth out our heart rhythm into a harmonious coherent pattern.”— Jed Diamond “Under the pressure of the cares and sorrows of our mortal condition, men have at all times, and in all countries, called in some physical aid to their moral consolations – wine, beer, opium, brandy, or tobacco.”– Edmund Burke