Nothing Is More Unpleasant Than

An Element Of Exaggeration Clings To The Popular Judgment: Great Vices Are Made Greater, Great Virtues Greater Also; Interesting Incidents Are Made More Interesting, Softer Legends More Soft.

You May Talk Of The Tyranny Of Nero And Tiberius; But The Real Tyranny Is The Tyranny Of Your Next-door Neighbor.

A Political Country Is Like An American Forest; You Have Only To Cut Down The Old Trees, And Immediately New Trees Come Up To Replace Them.

All People Are Most Credulous When They Are Most Happy.

Life Is A Compromise Of What Your Ego Wants To Do, What Experience Tells You To Do, And What Your Nerves Let You Do.