“Everything comes if a man will only wait.”

What is earnest is not always true; on the contrary, error is often more earnest than truth.

Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel.

The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes.

Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.

Change is inevitable. Change is constant.

I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.

Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.