"What is earnest is not always true; on the contrary, error is often more earnest than truth." — Benjamin Disraeli

Things must be done by parties, not by persons using parties as tools.

The practice of politics in the East may be defined by one word: dissimulation.

The more extensive a man's knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do.

Adventures are to the adventurous.