Man is only great when he acts from passion.

In politics, nothing is contemptible.

But what minutes! Count them by sensation, and not by calendars, and each moment is a day.

As we retain but a faint remembrance of our felicity, it is but fair that the smartest stroke of sorrow should, if bitter, at least be brief.

'A sound Conservative government,' said Taper, musingly. 'I understand: Tory men and Whig measures.'

You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.

The best way to become acquainted with a subject is to write about it.