He looks like a female llama who has been surprised in the bath.

Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.

Logic is a poor guide compared with custom.

There is no surer method of economizing and saving money than in the reduction of the number of officials.

How often in life must one be content with what one can get!

I am not sure I should have dared to start; but I am sure that I should not have dared to stop.

We must learn from misfortune the means of future strength.