I suppose it's part of being a good politician to be able to spot the most important men in any group without outside assistance.

Nobody's ever decided what success is, out here.

bitterness hardly cares what food it eats.

The thing about George Barrol is that he's always putting his own and other people's feet into things that had best be left quite free of feet.

...he had a fascinating technique of gnawing his cigar from one corner of his mouth to the other, as if his teeth were equipped with trolley tracks, and suddenly grabbing it out and gesticulating wit it before he jammed it back.

More people have been ruined by their upright friends than ever have been by their enemies!

A city where the Capitol Dome, perforated like a kitchen colander, is the symbol of how secrets are kept.