What Impresses Men Is Not

A Family On The Throne Is An Interesting Idea. It Brings Down The Pride Of Sovereignty To The Level Of Petty Life.

Whatever Expenditure Is Sanctioned - Even When It Is Sanctioned Against The Ministry's Wish - The Ministry Must Find The Money. Accordingly, They Have The Strongest Motive To Oppose Extra Outlay. The Ministry Is (so To Speak) The Breadwinner Of The Political Family, And Has To Meet The Cost Of Philanthropy And Glory; Just As The Head Of A Family Has To Pay For The Charities Of His Wife And The Toilette Of His Daughters.

The Purse Strings Tie Us To Our Kind.

Life Is Not A Set Campaign, But An Irregular Work, And The Main Forces In It Are Not Overt Resolutions, But Latent And Half-involuntary Promptings.

The Whole History Of Civilization Is Strewn With Creeds And Institutions Which Were Invaluable At First, And Deadly Afterwards