Whatever you may be sure of, be sure of this - that you are dreadfully like other people

An appeal to the reason of the people has never been known to fail in the long run

Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is temporary expedient, often wise in party politics, almost sure to be unwise in statesmanship.

Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change.

All kin' o' smily round the lips, / An' teary round the lashes.

Wealth may be an excellent thing, for it means power, and it means leisure, it means liberty.