They are wrong who think that politics is like an ocean voyage or a military campaign, something to be done with some particular end in view, something which leaves off as soon as that end is reached. It is not a public chore, to be got over with. It is a way of life. It is the life of a domesticated political and social creature who is born with a love for public life, with a desire for honor, with a feeling for his fellows; and it lasts as long as need be.

The wildest colts make the best horses.

Hesiod might as well have kept his breath to cool his pottage.

Wickedness frames the engines of her own torment. She is a wonderful artisan of a miserable life.

Gout is not relieved by a fine shoe nor a hangnail by a costly ring nor migraine by a tiara.

Apothegms are the most infallible mirror to represent a man truly what he is.

When one is transported by rage, it is best to observe attentively the effects on those who deliver themselves over to the same passion.