Novelty Is An Essential Attribute

You Asked Me Where I Generally Lived. In My Workshop [i.e. In His Study] In The Mornings And Always In The Library In The Evening. Books Are Companions Even If You Don’t Open Them.

In Politics Experiments Means Revolutions.

A Realist Is A Man Who Insists On Making The Same Mistakes His Grandfather Did.

He Who Anticipates His Century Is Generally Persecuted When Living, And Always Pilfered When Dead.

No Government Can Be Long Secure Without A Formidable Opposition. It Reduces Their Supporters To That Tractable Number Which Can Be Managed By The Joint Influences Of Fruition And Hope. It Offers Vengeance To The Discontented, And Distinction To The Ambitious; And Employs The Energies Of Aspiring Spirits, Who Otherwise May Prove Traitors In A Division Or Assassins In A Debate.