The fate of a nation has often depended upon the good or bad digestion of a prime minister.
The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us
To caress the serpent that devours us, until it has eaten away our heart.
The history of human opinion is scarcely anything more than the history of human errors.
It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong.
Pleasantry is never good on serious points, because it always regards subjects in that point of view in which it is not the purpose to consider them.