Nations, like individuals, cannot become desperate gamblers with impunity. Punishment is sure to overtake them sooner or later. Charles Mackay More Quotes by Charles Mackay More Quotes From Charles Mackay Tell me, ye wingèd winds That round my pathway roar, Know ye not some spot Where mortals weep no more? Charles Mackay pathways wings wind Men of thought and men of action, clear the Way! Charles Mackay military men way Old Tubal Cain was a man of might In the days when earth was young. Charles Mackay cain earth men Water is the mother of the vine, the nurse and fountain of fecundity, the adorner and refresher of the world. Charles Mackay mother rain rivers There 's a good time coming, boys! A good time coming. Charles Mackay good-times time boys Aid the dawning, tongue and pen; Aid it, hopes of honest men! Charles Mackay tongue honesty men