Hounds follow those who feed them.

When a man says he approves of something in principle, it means he hasn't the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice.

He who has his thumb on the purse has the power.

I have only one ambition left: I should like to have a good epitaph.

Laws are like sausages. You sleep far better the less you know about how they are made.

There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.

It is the destiny of the weak to be devoured by the strong.