Life is too short to be little.

There is no gambling like politics. Nothing in which the power of circumstance is more evident.

Next to the assumption of power was the responsibility of relinquishing it.

Generally speaking, among sensible persons, it would seem that a rich man deems that friend a sincere one who does not want to borrow his money; while, among the less favored with fortune's gifts, the sincere friend is generally esteemed to be the individual who is ready to lend it.

A realist is a man who insists on making the same mistakes his grandfather did.

The Duke of Wellington brought to the post of first minister immortal fame,-a quality of success which would almost seem to include all others.

Nothing in life is more remarkable than the unnecessary anxiety which we endure, and generally create ourselves.