The art of putting the right men in the right places is first in the science of government; but that of finding places for the discontented is the most difficult.

Never speak ill of yourself, your friends will always say enough on that subject.

Beauty, devoid of grace, is a mere hook without the bait.

To succeed in the world, it is much more necessary to possess the penetration to discern who is a fool, than to discover who is a clever man.

The bold defiance of a woman is the certain sign of her shame, - when she has once ceased to blush, it is because she has too much to blush for.

Nothing succeeds so well as success.

War is much too serious a thing to be left to military men.