It is a tempest in a tumbler of water. [Fr., C'est une tempete dans un verre d'eau.]

We see these storms a little differently after Katrina. We all realize that no matter how safe you feel . . . you have to take it seriously, you have to plan.

Sorrows gather around great souls as storms do around mountains; but, like them, they break the storm and purify the air of the plain beneath them.

A minister who moves about in society is in a position to read the signs of the times even in a festive gathering, but one who remains shut up in his office learns nothing.

Boredom is a sickness the cure for which is work; pleasure is only a palliative.

There are obligations to nobility. [Lat., Noblesse oblige.]