“Practical politics consists in ignoring facts”

“Some virtues are only seen in affliction and others only in prosperity”

“If we hope for what we are not likely to possess, we act and think in vain, and make life a greater dream and shadow than it really is. ”

“Let's not forget that the little emotions are the great captains of our lives and we obey them without realising it”

“Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence”

“Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced. ”