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

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

The reputation of a man is like his shadow, gigantic when it precedes him, and pygmy in its proportions when it follows

No statesman e'er will find it worth his pains To tax our labours and excise our brains.

She is intolerable, but that is her only fault

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