An Ambassador Is Not Simply

A Slight Daily Unconscious Luxury Is Hardly Ever Wanting To The Dwellers In Civilization; Like The Gentle Air Of A Genial Climate, It Is A Perpetual Minute Enjoyment.

There Seems To Be An Unalterable Contradiction Between The Human Mind And Its Employments. How Can A Soul Be A Merchant? What Relation To An Immortal Being Have The Price Of Linseed, The Brokerage On Hemp? Can An Undying Creature Debit Petty Expenses And Charge For Carriage Paid? The Soul Ties Its Shoes; The Mind Washes Its Hands In A Basin. All Is Incongruous.

A Cabinet Is A Combining Committee, A Hyphen Which Joins, A Buckle Which Fastens, The Legislative Part Of The State To The Executive Part Of The State. In Its Origin It Belongs To The One, In Its Functions It Belongs To The Other.

The Greatest Mistake Is Trying To Be More Agreeable Than You Can Be.

A Democratic Despotism Is Like A Theocracy: It Assumes Its Own Correctness.