Cats Like Men Are Flatterers.

Principles Do Not Mainly Influence Even The Principled; We Talk On Principle, But We Act On Interest.

Great Men Lose Somewhat Of Their Greatness By Being Near Us; Ordinary Men Gain Much.

Ambition Does Not See The Earth She Treads On: The Rock And The Herbage Are Of One Substance To Her.

The Wise Become As The Unwise In The Enchanted Chambers Of Power, Whose Lamps Make Every Face The Same Colour.

Nations, Like Individuals, Interest Us In Their Growth.