Life Is A School Of Probability.

The Greatest Mistake Is Trying To Be More Agreeable Than You Can Be.

So Long As There Are Earnest Believers In The World, They Will Always Wish To Punish Opinions, Even If Their Judgment Tells Them It Is Unwise And Their Conscience That It Is Wrong.

The Characteristic Merit Of The English Constitutions Is, That Its Dignified Parts Are Very Complicated And Somewhat Imposing, Very Old And Rather Venerable, While Its Efficient Part, At Least When In Great And Critical Action, Is Decidedly Simple And Modern.

An Element Of Exaggeration Clings To The Popular Judgment: Great Vices Are Made Greater, Great Virtues Greater Also; Interesting Incidents Are Made More Interesting, Softer Legends More Soft.

Efficiency In An Assembly Requires A Solid Mass Of Steady Votes; And These Are Collected By A Deferential Attachment To Particular Men, Or By A Belief In The Principles That Those Men Represent, And They Are Maintained By Fear Of Those Men - By The Fear That If You Vote Against Them, You May Soon Yourself Have No Vote At All.