Whatever They Did, The Elysians Were Careful

An Insular Country, Subject To Fogs, And With A Powerful Middle Class, Requires Grave Statesmen.

The World Is Governed By Very Different Personages From What Is Imagined By Those Who Are Not Behind The Scenes.

Governments Do Not Govern, But Merely Control The Machinery Of Government, Being Themselves Controlled By The Hidden Hand.

An Amateur May Not Be An Artist, Though An Artist Should Be An Amateur.

There Are Three Kinds Of Lies: Lies, Damned Lies, And Statistics.