It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are thoroughly alive. There are certain things we feel to be beautiful and good and we must hunger after them.
I have no respect for the passion of equality which seems to me merely idealizing envy.
Truth is tough. It will not break like a bubble at the touch nay you may...
The only prize much cared for by the powerful is power.
A man is usually more careful of his money than of his principles.
I have as much chance of becoming Prime Minister as of being decapitated...
Give my people plenty of beer, good beer, and cheap beer, and you will...
Use a thousand ways to boost rural income and decrease peasants' burden.
