History, sir, will tell lies as usual.

Assasination on the scaffold is the worst form of assasination, because there it is invested with the approval of society.

Nothing is worth doing unless the consequences may be serious.

My reputation grows with every failure.

Here there is no hope, and consequently no duty, no work, nothing to be gained by praying, nothing to be lost by doing what you like. Hell, in short, is a place where you have nothing to do but amuse yourself.

Suppose the world were only one of God's jokes, would you work any the less to make it a good joke instead of a bad one?

The art of manipulating public opinion, which is a necessary art for the democratic politician, and, like other arts, is sometimespractised with greater virtuosity by knaves than by honest men (who are apt to disdain it), has a different technique in different countries. For instance, in England we excel in whitewashing: in America they excel in tarring and feathering. We strain our nerves and stretch our consciences to avoid a scandal: Americans do the same to make one.