The scene is France. The theater is the world.

Everything interested him and everything excited him.

William McKinley was a man made to be managed.

What other country has had the privilege of making the world's heart beat faster?

Diplomacy's primary law: LEAVE ROOM FOR NEGOTIATION.

The art of oratory was considered part of the equipment of a statesman.

The author says one patrician English leader saw his relationship with the populace thusly: He wasn't responsible TO them. He was responsible FOR them. He was responsible for their care.

A minister's (cabinet member's) function was not to DO the work but to see that it got done.

Duty was not untinged by ambition.

Britain had an air of careless supremacy which GALLED her neighbors.

Even his own speeches bored him.

Family isn't blood, " she said bitterly, continuing to back away. "Family is who loves you, who takes care of you.

I fear Washington and centralized government more than I do Moscow.

The habit of being uniformly considerate toward others will bring to you increased happiness.

When in sickness, look to the spine first.

Fashion should be a game.

What is the definition of a friend? Friends are people who make it easier to live the gospel of Jesus Christ.

There's a Mr. Hyde for every happy Jekyll face, a dark face on the other side of the mirror.

It's taken us a short time to change the nature of nature. In my lifetime, more change than during all preceding human history put together.

A cold coming we had of it, Just the worst time of the year For a journey, and such a long journey: The ways deep and the weather sharp, The very dead of winter.

Grace is to be let into a place that you don't have a right to be.