The public is more easily swayed by persons than by principles.

I used to think I had ambition . . . but now I'm not so sure. It may have been only discontent. They're easily confused.

There's plenty of fire in the coldest flint!

I've seen public opinion shift like the wind and put out the very fire it lighted.

I used to think I had ambition... but now I'm not so sure. It may have been only discontent. They're easily confused.

There was no reality to pain when it left one, thought while it held one fast all other realities failed.