The Masses Procure Their Opinions Ready Made

As In The Game Of Billiards, The Balls Are Constantly Producing Effects From Mere Chance, Which The Most Skillful Player Could Neither Execute Nor Foresee, But Which, When They Do Happen, Serve Mainly To Teach Him How Much He Has Still To Learn; So It Is In The Most Profound And Complicated Game Of Politics And Diplomacy. In Both Cases, We Can Only Regulate Our Play By What We Have Seen, Rather Than By What We Have Hoped; And By What We Have Experienced, Rather Than By What We Have Expected.

It Is Seldom That Statesmen Have The Option Of Choosing Between A Good And An Evil.

Tyrants Have Not Yet Discovered Any Chains That Can Fetter The Mind.

True Friendship Is Like Sound Health; The Value Of It Is Seldom Known Until It Is Lost.

A Youth Without Fire Is Followed By An Old Age Without Experience.