August 20, 2025

Nothing is so admirable in politics as a short memory.

The key to building a superstar is to keep their mouth shut. To reveal an artist to the people can be to destroy him.

No written law has ever been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion. In other words, people will always say and do what their neighbours say and do, no matter what the law allows or forbids or has nothing to say on a subject.