A statesman who shakes the fruit trees of his neighbors - to dislodge the worms.

Jealous, adj. Unduly concerned about the preservation of that which can be lost only if not worth keeping.

PHRENOLOGY, n. The science of picking the pocket through the scalp. It consists in locating and exploiting the organ that one is a dupe with.

EXILE, n. One who serves his country by residing abroad, yet is not an ambassador.

It has been observed that one's nose is never so happy as when thrust into the affairs of others from which some physiologists have drawn the inference that the nose is devoid of the sense of smell.

Liberty: One of Imagination's most precious possessions.

I believe we shall come to care about people less and less. The more people one knows the easier it becomes to replace them. It's one of the curses of London.