There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
A journalist is a grumbler, a censurer, a giver of advice, a regent of sovereigns, a tutor of nations. Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.
An empty throne always tempts me.
More glorious to merit a sceptre than to possess one.
The act of policing is, in order to punish less often, to punish more severely.
You would make a ship sail against the winds and currents by lighting a bonfire under her decks? I have no time for such nonsense.