There are men whose energies hardly ever carry them beyond looking for the thing they want. - Anthony Trollope

Wounds sometimes must be opened in order that they may be healed.

She well knew the great architectural secret of decorating her constructions, and never descended to construct a decoration.

One wants in a Prime Minister a good many things, but not very great things. He should be clever but need not be a genius; he should be conscientious but by no means strait-laced; he should be cautious but never timid, bold but never venturesome; he should have a good digestion, genial manners, and, above all, a thick skin. These are the gifts we want, but we can't always get them, and have to do without them.