The people are to be taken in very small doses.

The people are to be taken in very small doses.

I don't care what they call me as long as they mention my name.

I don't care what they call me as long as they mention my name.

The public is a ferocious beast: one must either chain it up or flee from it.

The public is a ferocious beast: one must either chain it up or flee from it.

The stroke of the whip maketh marks in the flesh: but the stroke of the tongue breaketh the bones. Many read more

The stroke of the whip maketh marks in the flesh: but the stroke of the tongue breaketh the bones. Many have fallen by the edge of the sword: but not so many as have fallen by the tongue. [Ecclesiasticus 28:17 --18].

A good orator is pointed and impassioned.

A good orator is pointed and impassioned.

The effect of power and publicity on all men is the aggravation of self, a sort of tumor that ends read more

The effect of power and publicity on all men is the aggravation of self, a sort of tumor that ends by killing the victim's sympathies.

Say not always what you know, but always know what you say.

Say not always what you know, but always know what you say.

Grasp the subject, the words will follow.

Grasp the subject, the words will follow.

Let thy speech be better than silence, or be silent.

Let thy speech be better than silence, or be silent.