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

Wanted: A dog that neither barks nor bites, eats broken glass and shits diamonds.

Few men have imagination enough for reality.

It is better to be doing the most insignificant thing than to reckon even a half-hour insignificant.

To make something you have to be something.

Cursed Mammon be, when he with treasures To restless action spurs our fate! Cursed when for soft, indulgent leisures, He lays for us the pillows straight.

Talent is nurtured in solitude; character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.