Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.
She is an excellent creature, but she can never remember which came first, the Greeks or the Romans.
There is moderation even in excess.
There is no gambling like politics.
You must originate, and you must sympathize; yon must possess, at the same time, the habit of communicating and the habit of listening. The union is rather rare, but irresistible.
Nine-tenths of existing books are nonsense, and the clever books are the refutation of that nonsense.