I used to think I had ambition . . . but now I'm not so sure. It may have been only discontent. They're easily confused.

The public is more easily swayed by persons than by principles.

Doorbells are like a magic game,
Or the grab-bag at a fair --
You never know when you hear one ring
Who may be waiting there.

There was no reality to pain when it left one, thought while it held one fast all other realities failed.

I've seen public opinion shift like the wind and put out the very fire it lighted.