Public opinion is the atmosphere of society, without which the forces of the individual would collapse, and all the institutions of society fly into atoms.

Proverbs are mental gems gathered in the diamond districts of the mind.

In the nine heavens are eight Paradises; Where is the ninth one? In the human breast. Only the blessed dwell in th' Paradises, But blessedness dwells in the human breast.

Cunning is the dwarf of wisdom.

Public opinion is the atmosphere of society, without which the forces of the individual would collapse, and all the institutions of society fly into atoms.

A fretful fancy is constantly flinging its possessor into gratuitous tophets.

True statesmanship is the art of changing a nation from what it is into what it ought to be.