“All men plume themselves on the improvement of society, and no man improves.”
“Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves.”
“It is impossible to improve the world if first the man does not improve”
“Our social tools are not an improvement to modern society, they are a challenge to it.”
“A goose flies by a chart the Royal Geographic Society could not improve.”
“While civilization has been improving our houses, it has not equally improved the men who are to inhabit them”