Effectual Quotes

The real and effectual discipline which is exercised over a workman is that of his customers. It is the fear of losing their employment which restrains his frauds and corrects his negligence.

There is a marvelous turn and trick to British arrogance; its apparent unconsciousness makes it twice as effectual.

The appeal to the white man`s pocket has ever been more effectual than all the appeals ever made to his conscience.

He who loveth a book will never want a faithful friend, a wholesome counsellor, a cheerful companion, or an effectual comforter.

The necessity of every one paying in his own labor for what he consumes, affords the only legitimate and effectual check to excessive luxury, which has so often ruined individuals, states and empires; and which has now brought almost universal bankruptcy upon us.

There is no defense against adverse fortune which is so effectual as an habitual sense of humor.