Sometimes one likes foolish people for their folly, better than wise people for their wisdom.
“I am prejudiced in favor of him who, without impudence, can ask boldly. He has faith in humanity, and faith in himself. No one who is not accustomed to giving grandly can ask nobly and with boldness.”
“If you make a treaty first with the United States and settle the matter of the opium trade, England cannot change this, though she should desire to do so.”