A historian has many duties... the first is not to slander; the second is not to bore

The art of government is to make two-thirds of a nation pay all it possibly can pay for the benefit of the other third.

I envy animals for two things - their ignorance of evil to come, and their ignorance of what is said about them.

If it's too silly to be said, it can always be sung.

A witty quote proves nothing.

I advise you to go on living solely to enrage those who are paying your annuities. It is the only pleasure I have left.

It is only through timidity that states are lost.