Change is as inexorable as time, yet nothing meets with more resistance.

Without publicity there can be no public support, and without public support every nation must decay.

One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

Real politics are the possession and distribution of power.

The test of political institutions is the condition of the country whose future they regulate.

What appear to be calamities are often the sources of fortune.

There are few faces that can afford to smile: a smile is sometimes bewitching, in general vapid, often a contortion.