Above all, not too much zeal.

She is intolerable, but that is her only fault

There is one body that knows more than anybody, and that is everybody

The art of statesmanship is to foresee the inevitable and to expedite its occurrence.

I find that nonsense, at times, is singularly refreshing

To succeed in the world, it is much more necessary to possess the penetration to discern who is a fool, than to discover who is a clever man.