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 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.

Without freedom of the press, there can be no representative government.

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

Love is a reality which is born in the fairy region of romance.

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 rich man despises those who flatter him too much, and hates those who do not flatter him at all.