'A sound Conservative government,' said Taper, musingly. 'I understand: Tory men and Whig measures.'
The governments of the present day have to deal not merely with other governments, with emperors, kings and ministers, but also with the secret societies which have everywhere their unscrupulous agents, and can at the last moment upset all the governments' plans.
The sympathy of sorrow is stronger than the sympathy of prosperity.
The profound thinker always suspects that he is superficial.
He who gains time gains everything.
Patience is a necessary ingredient of genius.