Nature, in her most dazzling aspects or stupendous parts, is but the background and theater of the tragedy of man.

The proper memory for a politician is one that knows when to remember and when to forget.

You cannot demonstrate an emotion or prove an aspiration.

Politics is a field where the choice lies constantly between two blunders.

When it is a duty to worship the sun it is pretty sure to be a crime to examine the laws of heat.