Politics is a game requiring great coolness.
Give me better wood and I will make you a better cabinet.
Confederation is only yet in the gristle, and it will require five years more before it hardens into bone.
Never write a letter if you can help it, and never destroy one!
When a man has done me an evil turn once, I don't like to give him the opportunity to do so twice.
When fortune empties her chamber pot on your head, smile and say We are going to have a summer shower.