The party which is out sees nothing but graft and incapacity in the party which is in; and the party which is in sees nothing but greed and animosity in the party which is out.

Those persons are happiest in this restless and mutable world who are in love with change, who delight in what is new simply because it differs from what is old; who rejoice in every innovation, and find a strange alert pleasure in all that is, and that has never been before.

It is bad enough to be bad, but to be bad in bad taste is unpardonable.

fair play is less characteristic of groups than of individuals.

When the milk of human kindness turns sour, it is a singularly unpalatable draught.

The comfortable thing about the study of history is that it inclines us to think hopefully of our own times.

The pessimist is seldom an agitating individual. His creed breeds indifference to others, and he does not trouble himself to thrust his views upon the unconvinced.