Whatever they did, the Elysians were careful never to be vehement.
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 British people, being subject to fogs, require grave statesmen.
Without tact you can learn nothing.
Nine-tenths of all existing books are nonsense.
You asked me where I generally lived. In my workshop [i.e. in his study] in the mornings and always in the library in the evening. Books are companions even if you don’t open them.