In politics people throw themselves, as on a sickbed, from one side to the other in the belief they will lie more comfortably.

People who think honestly and deeply have a hostile attitude towards the public.

To rule is easy, to govern difficult.

What we do not understand we do not possess.

For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him he must regard himself as greater than he is.

Sameness leaves us in peace but it is contradiction that makes us productive.

What life half gives a man, posterity gives entirely.