His brothers were the type; he was the variation.
My own conclusion is that history is simply social development along the lines of weakest resistance, and that in most cases the line of weakest resistance is found as unconsciously by society as by water.
A friend in power is a friend lost.
Knowledge of human nature is the beginning and end of political education.
Intimates are predestined.
The study of history is useful to the historian by teaching him his ignorance of women.