Killing the dog does not cure the bite.

It is much easier to ride a horse in the direction it is going.

Lamon, that speech won't scour. It is a flat failure and the people are disappointed.

Kings had always been involving and impoverishing their people in wars, pretending generally, if not always, that the good of the people was the object

We shall not fail - if we stand firm, we shall not fail. Wise counsels may accelerate, or mistakes delay it, but, sooner or later, the victory is sure to come.

If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee.

Politics, as a trade, finds most and leaves nearly all dishonest.