That government is the best which makes government unnecessary. W. von Humboldt.
That great mystery of time, were there no other; the illimitable, silent never-resting thing called "time," rolling, rushing on, swift, silent like an all-embracing oceantide, on which we and all the universe swim like exhalations, like apparitions which are and then are not—this is for ever very literally a miracle, a thing to strike us dumb; for we have no word to speak about it. Carlyle.
That grief is light which is capable of counsel. Pr.
That he is mad 'tis true; 'tis true, 'tis pity; / 15 And pity 'tis 'tis true. Ham., ii. 2.
That in the captain's but a choleric word, / Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy. Meas. for Meas., ii. 2.
That intention which fixes upon God as its only end will keep men steady in their purposes, and deliver them from being the jest and scorn of fortune. Thomas à Kempis.
That is a most wretched fortune which is without an enemy. Pub. Syr.
That is a treacherous friend against whom you must always be on your guard. Such a friend is wine. Bovee.
That is always best which gives me to myself. 20 Emerson.
That is but an empty purse that is full of other men's money. Pr.