I haven't a particle of confidence in a man who has no redeeming petty vices whatsoever.
We can achieve what we can conceive and believe.
Some civilized women would lose half their charm without dress and some would lose all of it.
At 50, a man can be an ass without being an optimist but not an optimist without being an ass
America cannot have an empire abroad and a Republic at home.
If the bubble reputation can be obtained only at the cannon's mouth, I am willing to go there for it, provided the cannon is empty.