People, crushed by laws, have no hopes but from power. If laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to laws; and those who have much to hope and nothing to lose will always be dangerous, more or less. Burke.
People dispute a great deal about the good that is done and the harm by disseminating the Bible (Bibelverbreitung). To me this is clear: the Bible will do harm if, as hitherto, it is used dogmatically and interpreted fancifully, and it will do good if it is treated feelingly and applied didactically. Goethe.
People do not care to give alms without some security for their money; and a wooden leg or a withered arm is a sort of draft upon heaven for those who choose to have their money placed to account there. Mackenzie.
People do not lack strength; they lack will. Victor Hugo.
People do not mind their faults being spread 55 out before them, but they become impatient if called upon to give them up. Goethe.
People in adversity should preserve laudable customs. Clarissa.
People (in authority) are accustomed merely to forbid, to hinder, to refuse, but rarely to bid, to further, and to reward. They let things go along till some mischief happens; then they fly into a rage, and lay about them. Goethe.
People love to have all rash actions done in a hurry. Goldsmith.
People may live as much retired from the world as they like, but sooner or later they find themselves debtor or creditor to some one. Goethe.
People must begin before they attempt to finish or improve. Wm. Blake.