“He was one of those who are driven early in life into too conservative an attitude by the bewildering folly of most revolutionists.”
“The follies which a man regrets most, in his life, are those he didn't commit when he had the opportunity".”
“A man sometimes devotes his life to a desire which he is not sure will ever be fulfilled. Those who laugh at this folly are, after all, no more than mere spectators of life.”
“Those who remember are usually the unhappy ones. Only those who are able to forget, find the most joy in life.”
“A conservative is a man who is too cowardly to fight and too fat to run.”
“A conservative is a man who sits and thinks, mostly sits.”