Modern Politics Is, At Bottom,

An Artist's Business Is Only To See.

If Thought Is Capable Of Being Classed With Electricity, Or Will With Chemical Affinity, As A Mode Of Motion, It Seems Necessary To Fall At Once Under The Second Law Of Thermodynamics As One Of The Energies Which Most Easily Degrades Itself, And, If Not Carefully Guarded, Returns Bodily To The Cheaper Form Called Heat. Of All Possible Theories, This Is Likely To Prove The Most Fatal To Professors Of History.

For Reasons Which Many Persons Thought Ridiculous, Mrs. Lightfoot Lee Decided To Pass The Winter In Washington.

I Have Written Too Much History To Have Faith In It; And If Anyone Thinks I'm Wrong, I Am Inclined To Agree With Him.

A Senator Is Like A Begonia - Showy But Useless.