King Louis Philippe once said to me that he attributed the great success of the British nation in political life to their talking politics after dinner.
There is no gambling like politics.
I was told that the privileged and the people formed two nations.
A majority is always better than the best repartee.
Candor is the brightest gem of criticism.
No conjunction can possibly occur, however fearful, however tremendous it may appear, from which a man by his own energy may not extricate himself, as a mariner by the rattling of his cannon can dissipate the impending waterspout.