It is a fine game to play - the game of politics - and it is well worth waiting for a good hand before really plunging.

Decided only to be undecided, resolved to be irresolute, adamant for drift, solid for fluidity, all-powerful to be impotent.

I am convinced that there is no smarter, handier, or more adaptable body of troops in the world.

The jury system has come to stand for all we mean by English justice. The scrutiny of 12 honest jurors provides defendants and plaintiffs alike a safeguard from arbitrary perversion of the law.

Meet success like a gentleman; disaster like a man.

I always like to learn, but I don't always like to be taught.

This beginning with Audacity, or being thrown into the middle of it, is already a very great part of the art of painting.