Democracy is, by the nature of it, a self-canceling business: and gives in the long run a net result of zero.
Stop a moment, cease your work, and look around you.
The press is the fourth estate of the realm.
True humor springs not more from the head than from the heart. It is not contempt; its essence is love. It issues not in laughter, but in still smiles, which lie far deeper.
Earnestness alone makes life eternity.
The times are very bad. Very well, you are there to make them better.